burrowing crab Neohelice granulata as potential bioindicator of heavy metals in estuarine systems of the Atlantic coast of Argentina

This paper presents the concentrations of total copper, lead, cadmium, and zinc in hepatopancreas of the burrowing crab Neohelice granulata from the Samborombón Bay (La Plata River estuary) and the Mar Chiquita coastal lagoon, Argentina. The highest accumulation of lead was observed in Mar Chiquita...

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Published in:Environmental monitoring and assessment 2011, Vol.172 (1-4), p.379-389
Main Authors: Beltrame, María Ornela, De Marco, Silvia Graciela, Marcovecchio, Jorge Eduardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Animals
Applied ecology
Applied sciences
Argentina
Atlantic Ocean
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Bioavailability
Bioindicators
Biological and medical sciences
Brachyura - chemistry
Brackish
Cadmium
Coasts
Copper
Crustaceans
Decapoda
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecology
Ecosystems
Ecotoxicology
Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution
Environment
Environmental Management
Environmental monitoring
Environmental Monitoring - methods
Estuaries
Estuarine ecosystems
Exact sciences and technology
Freshwater
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Heavy metal content
Heavy metals
Indicator organisms
Indicator species
Lagoons
Lead
Mar Chiquita coastal lagoon
Marine and brackish environment
Metals, Heavy - analysis
monitoring
Monitoring/Environmental Analysis
Neohelice granulata
Organisms
Pollutants
Pollution
Rain
Rivers
Salinity
Samborombón Bay
Sediments
Studies
Toxicity
Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis
Water pollution
Zinc
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Summary:This paper presents the concentrations of total copper, lead, cadmium, and zinc in hepatopancreas of the burrowing crab Neohelice granulata from the Samborombón Bay (La Plata River estuary) and the Mar Chiquita coastal lagoon, Argentina. The highest accumulation of lead was observed in Mar Chiquita samples, whereas copper, zinc, and cadmium concentrations were higher in those from Samborombón Bay. Marked temporal and geographic availability differences were observed, while sexual differences only were observed for zinc. Finally, the validity of using this species as bioindicator of heavy-metal pollution within the assessed estuarine ecosystems is discussed.
ISSN:0167-6369
1573-2959
DOI:10.1007/s10661-010-1341-7