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Trace metals level in sediments and bivalve Trachycardium lacunosum shell in the Persian Gulf

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The current investigation has monitored the concentration of Cd and Pb in bivalve Trachycardium lacunosum shells and the sediment samples in Asaluyeh Bay (north of the Persian Gulf). The samples were taken from 40 stations located in two sites in Asaluyeh region, Nayband Bay as a “contaminated” site and Lavar-e Saheli as a “control” site. The results showed that the mean concentration of Pb and Cd in the sediments were 3.56–5.25 and 1.16–1.44 μg/gdrw, respectively, and in the shell ranged from 11.30 to 13.71 and 2.38 to 2.75 μg/gdrw, respectively. Data indicated that contaminated site contained significantly higher concentration compared with the control site. There were significant positive correlations between the level of Pb and Cd in the shell as well as sediment samples. A biota-sediment accumulation factor of more than one indicated the occurrence of biomagnification of the studied metals in Nayband Bay. Therefore, the elevated amount of the sediments trace metals has led to bioaccumulation in the bivalve shell.

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We gratefully thank the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Technology of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences for supporting the research project No. 92-6649. Also, the facilities and excellent technical assistance provided at Persian Gulf Studies Center and Marine Ecology (Persian Gulf Research Center), the Department of Toxicology, and Department of the Food and Drug Administration are highly appreciated.

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  2. The Persian Gulf Tropical Medicine Research Center, The Persian Gulf Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Islamic Republic of Iran

    I. Nabipour

  3. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Islamic Republic of Iran

    S. Dobaradaran

  4. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran

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Dehghani, M., Nabipour, I., Dobaradaran, S. et al. Trace metals level in sediments and bivalve Trachycardium lacunosum shell in the Persian Gulf. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 16, 413–422 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-017-1584-8

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