[Accumulation and release characteristics of heavy metals in Crassostrea rivalaris under mixed exposure].

Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao

Key Laboratory of Marine Fishery Ecology Environment of Agriculture Ministry, South China Sea Fisheries Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou 510300, China.

Published: April 2008

With a mixed solution of lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), mercury (Hg) and arsenic (As), this paper studied the accumulation and release characteristics of test heavy metals in Crassostrea rivalaris. The results showed that C. rivalaris had a strong ability to accumulate Pb, Cu, Ni, Cd, Cr and Hg, being able to indicate the concentration levels of these heavy metals in solution, but a weak ability to accumulate Zn and As. In the following 35 days release stage, no significant change was observed in the contents of test heavy metals in C. rivalaris, suggesting that C. rivalaris had weak ability to release heavy metals. Two-compartment kinetic model could well fit the accumulation of heavy metals in C. rivalaris, but failed in simulating their release characteristics.

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