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The level and bioaccumulation of Cd, Cu, Cr and Zn in benthopelagic species from the Bering Sea

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The Bering Sea is an area of high biological productivity, with large populations of sea-birds, demersal and pelagic fishes, so it seemed desirable to assess the bioaccumulation of trace metals in the marine organisms from this area. However, few data on trace metal concentrations are available for the benthopelagic organisms from the Bering Sea till now. Ten specimens of benthos (including 120 biological samples) were collected in the western Bering Sea in August 2008 during the 3rd Chinese National Arctic Research Expeditions, and the concentration of Cd, Cu, Cr and Zn determined using atomic absorption spectrometry. Zn, Cr and Cd concentrations in muscle tissues of the crab species were much higher than those from fish and cephalopod species, and the highest concentration of Cu was observed in the muscle tissues of Cylichna nucleoli. The results showed a similar hierarchy for Zn, Cr, Cd and Cu concentrations among different tissues as follows: hepatopancreas>muscle tissue>gonad. Bioconcentration factors indicated that benthic organisms had high accumulation abilities for Zn and Cu.

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  1. College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China

    Ronggui Shi, Jing Lin, Yi Ye, Yifan Ma & Minggang Cai

  2. South China Sea Environmental Monitor Center, State Ocean Administration, Guangzhou, 501300, China

    Ronggui Shi

  3. Third Institution of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen, 361005, China

    Jing Lin

  4. State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China

    Minggang Cai

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Foundation item: The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 40776040 and 41076133; the Ocean Public Welfare Scientific Research Project, State Oceanic Administration of China (SOAC) under contract No. CHINARE2012-03-04; the Marine Science Base Project for Scientific Research Training and Capacity Enhancement-Xiamen University, supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No. J1210050.

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Shi, R., Lin, J., Ye, Y. et al. The level and bioaccumulation of Cd, Cu, Cr and Zn in benthopelagic species from the Bering Sea. Acta Oceanol. Sin. 34, 21–25 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-015-0683-y

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