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Investigation of heavy metals in sediments and Manila clams Ruditapes philippinarum from Jiaozhou Bay, China

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Manila clams (Ruditapes philippinarum) and sediments were collected bimonthly during 2007 at five locations in Jiaozhou Bay near Qingdao, China, to determine heavy metal concentrations and to assess the validation of R. philippinarum as a metal biomonitor. Concentrations of heavy metals in clam soft tissues ranged between 0.75 and 3.31, 0.89 and 15.20, 5.70 and 26.03, 52.12 and 110.33, 10.30 and 72.34, 9.64 and 28.60, and 3.15 and 52.75 μg g − 1 dry weight for Cd, Pb, Cu, Zn, Mn, Cr, and Ni, respectively. Most of the highest values occurred at the northeast bay and the lowest values occurred at the western part. Regarding seasonal variation, relatively high tissue metal concentrations were observed during October or December. A similar pattern was also found in habitat sediments. There was a strong correlation between the concentrations of Cd, Pb, Zn, Mn, Cr, and Ni in soft tissues and surrounding sediments. It is indicated that R. philippinarum could be used as a biomonitor for heavy metal contamination in Jiaozhou Bay.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, Peoples’ Republic of China

    Xiaoyu Wang, Yi Zhou, Hongsheng Yang, Qing Wang & Shilin Liu

  2. The Engineering Research Center of Seawater Utilization Technology, Ministry of Education, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, China

    Xiaoyu Wang

  3. Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

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Wang, X., Zhou, Y., Yang, H. et al. Investigation of heavy metals in sediments and Manila clams Ruditapes philippinarum from Jiaozhou Bay, China . Environ Monit Assess 170, 631–643 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-009-1262-5

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