Heavy metals in crustaceans from the Iberian deep sea plain

Authors

  • Friederike Prowe Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Institut für Chemie und Biologie des Meeres (ICBM)
  • Mathias Kirf Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Institut für Chemie und Biologie des Meeres (ICBM)
  • Gerd-Peter Zauke Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Institut für Chemie und Biologie des Meeres (ICBM)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2006.70n2271

Keywords:

biomonitoring, trace metals, zooplankton, Cd-anomaly, interspecific heterogeneity

Abstract


Trace metals (Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn) were analysed in different well-defined mixed copepod and euphausiid samples as well as in individually analysed decapods collected during a cruise on board “RV Walther Herwig III” to the Iberian Deep Sea Plain in March and April, 2002. We found a substantial interspecific heterogeneity with partially high mean Cd levels in the decapods: 1.9 mg kg-1 dry weight in samples of the genus Sergia; 6.1 mg kg-1 in Acanthephyra pelagica (Risso, 1816) and Acanthephyra acanthithelsonis Bate, 1888; 10.7 mg kg-1 in Bentheogennema intermedia (Bate, 1888); 14.9 mg kg-1 in Benthesicymus iridescens (Bate 1881) and 16.3 mg kg-1 in Systellaspis debilis (A. Milne Edwards, 1881). The agreement of these high Cd concentrations with those reported for polar crustaceans, and Cu concentrations (17–56 mg kg-1) that indicate that the total metabolic requirements have probably not been met, support the hypothesis that the frequently reported Cd-anomaly in polar crustaceans might be extended to other relatively deep ocean waters like the Iberian Deep Sea Plain and that this might be related to a corresponding Cu deficiency. Zn concentrations in decapods from this study (52–80 mg kg-1) are within the worldwide range, which indicates that decapods are able to regulate their Zn body concentrations. Our preliminary data on mixed zooplankton samples suggest that Pb concentrations far below 1 mg Pb kg-1 might serve as a regional background value for comparison in biomonitoring studies. Results for Cd, Cu and Zn are largely within the reported range, especially for data from the Central and Southern North Sea.

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2006-06-30

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Prowe F, Kirf M, Zauke G-P. Heavy metals in crustaceans from the Iberian deep sea plain. Sci. mar. [Internet]. 2006Jun.30 [cited 2024Mar.29];70(2):271-9. Available from: https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/154

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