TY - JOUR
T1 - Talitrus saltator as a biomonitor
T2 - An assessment of trace element contamination on an urban coastline gradient
AU - Morrison, Liam
AU - Bennion, Matthew
AU - McGrory, Ellen
AU - Hurley, William
AU - Johnson, M. P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - This study reports the first ever application of the trace element pollution index (TEPI) along a coastal, urban gradient using trace element concentrations (Ti, Mn, Co, Cu, As, Mo, Ag, Cd, Pb, Cr, Fe, Zn and Se) in the amphipod crustacean Talitrus saltator. Samples were collected from 10 sites in Galway Bay (Ireland) and concentrations of Pb showed the greatest spatial variation, likely due to the proximity of some sites to a former landfill and busy harbour. The TEPI used alongside the quartile method allowed for the assigning of sites to contamination level categories. Mapping these class levels allowed for straightforward visualisation of trace element contamination along the urban gradient. In addition, this study presents trace elements levels in T. saltator form the Atlantic Coast of Europe for the first time and the concentrations observed were comparatively lower than previously reported for T. saltator from the Baltic and Mediterranean seas.
AB - This study reports the first ever application of the trace element pollution index (TEPI) along a coastal, urban gradient using trace element concentrations (Ti, Mn, Co, Cu, As, Mo, Ag, Cd, Pb, Cr, Fe, Zn and Se) in the amphipod crustacean Talitrus saltator. Samples were collected from 10 sites in Galway Bay (Ireland) and concentrations of Pb showed the greatest spatial variation, likely due to the proximity of some sites to a former landfill and busy harbour. The TEPI used alongside the quartile method allowed for the assigning of sites to contamination level categories. Mapping these class levels allowed for straightforward visualisation of trace element contamination along the urban gradient. In addition, this study presents trace elements levels in T. saltator form the Atlantic Coast of Europe for the first time and the concentrations observed were comparatively lower than previously reported for T. saltator from the Baltic and Mediterranean seas.
KW - Biomonitoring
KW - Pollution index
KW - Talitrus saltator
KW - Trace element (TE)
KW - Urban gradient
KW - Urban marine pollution
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85019405081
U2 - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.05.019
DO - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.05.019
M3 - Article
SN - 0025-326X
VL - 120
SP - 232
EP - 238
JO - Marine Pollution Bulletin
JF - Marine Pollution Bulletin
IS - 1-2
ER -
