An 'artificial mussel' for monitoring heavy metals in marine environments

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 104-110

  Wu, Rudolf S S ^a   Lau, T C ^a   Fung, Wendy K M ^a   Ko, P H ^a   Leung, Kenneth M Y ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Artificial mussels; Cd; Cr; Cu; Metal monitoring; Pb; Zn

Indexed keywords

METAL MONITORING; MUSSEL PERNA VIRIDIS; SEMI-PERMEABLE GEL;

MARINE BIOLOGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; METAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER;

HEAVY METALS;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; SEA WATER; ZINC;

ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; BIVALVE; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUSSEL CULTURE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LABORATORY TEST; MEASUREMENT; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; SALINITY; SEA POLLUTION; TIME; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; PERNA; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

PERNA VIRIDIS;

EID: 33750024478     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.03.053     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Batley G.E., and Florence T.M. Determination of the chemical forms of dissolved cadmium, lead and copper in seawater. Mar. Chem. 4 (1976) 347-363
2. Bio-Rad. Guide to Ion Exchange (1994), Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA
3. Chakrabarti C.L., Lu Y.J., Gregoire D.C., Back M.H., and Schroeder W.H. Kinetic-studies of metal speciation using chelex cation-exchange resin-application to cadmium, copper, and lead speciation in river water and snow. Environ. Sci. Technol. 28 (1994) 1957-1967
4. Chou C.L., and Uthe J.F. Effect of starvation on trace-metal levels in blue mussels (Mytilus edulis). Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 46 (1991) 473-478
5. Environmental Protection Department (EPD). Marine Water Quality Report 2002 (2003), Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR Government
6. Food and Agriculture Organization, 1983. Manual of Methods in Aquatic Environment Research. Fisheries Technical Paper No. 212. FAO, Rome.
7. Herrin R.T., Andren A.W., and Armstrong D.E. Determination of silver speciation in natural waters. 1. Laboratory tests of Chelex-100 chelating resin as a competing ligand. Environ. Sci. Technol. 35 (2001) 1953-1958
8. Iyer V.N., and Sarin R. Chemical speciation and bioavailability of lead and cadmium in an aquatic system polluted by sewage discharges. Chem. Speciat. Bioavailability 4 (1992) 135-142
9. Lauenstein G.G., Robertson A., and O'Connor T.P. Comparison of trace-metal data in mussels and oysters from a mussel watch program of the 1970s with those from A 1980s program. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 21 (1990) 440-447
10. Lauenstein G.G., Cantillo A.Y., and O'Connor T.P. The status and trends of trace element and organic contaminants in oysters, Crassostrea virginica, in the waters of the Carolina, USA. Sci. Total Environ. 285 (2002) 79-87
11. Leung K.M.Y., Morgan I.J., Wu R.S.S., Lau T.C., Svavarsson J., and Furness R.W. Growth rate as a factor confounding the use of the dogwhelk Nucella lapillus as biomonitor of heavy metal contamination. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 221 (2001) 145-159
12. Leung K.M.Y., Svavarsson J., Crane M., and Morritt D. Influence of static and fluctuating salinity on cadmium uptake and metallothionein expression by the dogwhelk Nucella lapillus (L.). J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 274 (2002) 175-189
13. Goldberg E.D. The mussel watch - a first step in global marine monitoring. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 6 (1975) 111
14. Goldberg E.D., Bowen V.T., Farrington J.W., Robertson E., Schneider E., and Gamble E. Mussel watch. Environ. Conserv. 5 (1978) 101-125
15. O'Connor T.P. National distribution of chemical concentrations in mussels and oysters in the USA. Mar. Environ. Res. 53 (2002) 117-143
16. Pesavento M., Biesuz R., Profumo A., and Soldi T. Investigation of the complexation of metal-ions by strong ligands in fresh and marine water. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 10 (2003) 317-320
17. Phillips D.J.H. Common mussel Mytilus edulis as an indicator of trace-metals in Scandinavian waters. 2. lead, iron and manganese. Mar. Biol. 46 (1978) 147-156
18. Phillips D.J.H. Proceedings of the 3rd international-conference on trace-metals in the aquatic environment - Aarhus, Denmark, May 1994 introduction. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 31 (1995) 183-192
19. Phillips D.J.H., and Rainbow P.S. Biomonitoring of trace aquatic contaminants (1993), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL
20. Rainbow P.S. Heavy metals in the marine environment. In: Furness R.W., and Rainbow P.S. (Eds) (1990), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 67-80
21. Rainbow P.S., and Phillips D.J.H. Cosmopolitan biomonitors of trace-metals. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 26 (1993) 593-601
22. Richardson B.J., Garnham J.S., and Fabris J.G. Trace-metal concentrations in mussels (Mytilus edulis planulatus L) transplanted into southern Australian waters. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 28 (1994) 392-396
23. Scally S., Davison W., and Zhang H. In situ measurements of dissociation kinetics and labilities of metal complexes in solution using DGT. Environ. Sci. Tech. 37 (2003) 1379-1384
24. 2+ concentrations in aquatic ecosystems. Environ. Sci. Tech. 38 (2004) 3381-3386
25. Twiss M.R., and Moffett J.W. Comparison of copper speciation in coastal marine waters measured using analytical voltammetry and diffusion gradient in thin-film techniques. Environ. Sci. Technol. 36 (2002) 1061-1068
26. Wu R.S.S., and Lau T.C. Polymer-ligands: A novel chemical device for monitoring heavy metals in the aquatic environments. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 32 (1996) 391-396