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Trends and potential human health risk of trace elements accumulated in transplanted blue mussels during restoration activities of Flekkefjord fjord (Southern Norway)

The monitoring of contaminants represents a priority to preserve the integrity of marine ecosystems, as well as to plan and to manage restoration activities in order to protect environmental and human health. In the present study, a 6-months active biomonitoring was performed to explore the levels o...

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Autores principales: Parolini, Marco, Panseri, Sara, Håland Gaeta, Federico, Rossi, Luciana, Dell’Anno, Matteo, Ceriani, Federica, De Felice, Beatrice, Rafoss, Trond, Arioli, Francesco, Pilu, Salvatore, Chiesa, Luca Maria
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8863704/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35194687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10661-022-09835-7
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author Parolini, Marco
Panseri, Sara
Håland Gaeta, Federico
Rossi, Luciana
Dell’Anno, Matteo
Ceriani, Federica
De Felice, Beatrice
Rafoss, Trond
Arioli, Francesco
Pilu, Salvatore
Chiesa, Luca Maria
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Panseri, Sara
Håland Gaeta, Federico
Rossi, Luciana
Dell’Anno, Matteo
Ceriani, Federica
De Felice, Beatrice
Rafoss, Trond
Arioli, Francesco
Pilu, Salvatore
Chiesa, Luca Maria
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description The monitoring of contaminants represents a priority to preserve the integrity of marine ecosystems, as well as to plan and to manage restoration activities in order to protect environmental and human health. In the present study, a 6-months active biomonitoring was performed to explore the levels of eighteen trace and toxic elements, including heavy metals (TEs; i.e. Al, As, Ca, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, P, Pb, Sr, Ti, and Zn), accumulated in soft tissues of blue mussel (Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758) individuals transplanted at different depths (5- and 15-m depth) in five locations within the Flekkefjord fjord (Southern Norway). As this area suffered a long-lasting contamination due to both organic and inorganic contaminants, a series of restoration activities were activated to tackle and to prevent potential risks for ecosystem and local population. Our results demonstrated that the levels of TEs accumulated in edible tissues of transplanted mussels in the Flekkefjord fjord were generally low before the beginning of the restoration activities. However, location- and time-specific differences in the accumulation of TEs were noted after the implementation of such activities. Interestingly, the levels of Fe and Mn significantly increased after the beginning of the restoration activities, likely because the release of these TEs from the slag used in such operations and/or resuspension of contaminated sediments. However, assuming that native mussels can accumulate the same TEs at levels measured in transplanted individuals, our results suggest a substantial safety for human consumption of native mussels from the Flekkefjord fjord, regardless of restoration activities.
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spelling pubmed-88637042022-03-02 Trends and potential human health risk of trace elements accumulated in transplanted blue mussels during restoration activities of Flekkefjord fjord (Southern Norway) Parolini, Marco Panseri, Sara Håland Gaeta, Federico Rossi, Luciana Dell’Anno, Matteo Ceriani, Federica De Felice, Beatrice Rafoss, Trond Arioli, Francesco Pilu, Salvatore Chiesa, Luca Maria Environ Monit Assess Article The monitoring of contaminants represents a priority to preserve the integrity of marine ecosystems, as well as to plan and to manage restoration activities in order to protect environmental and human health. In the present study, a 6-months active biomonitoring was performed to explore the levels of eighteen trace and toxic elements, including heavy metals (TEs; i.e. Al, As, Ca, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, P, Pb, Sr, Ti, and Zn), accumulated in soft tissues of blue mussel (Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758) individuals transplanted at different depths (5- and 15-m depth) in five locations within the Flekkefjord fjord (Southern Norway). As this area suffered a long-lasting contamination due to both organic and inorganic contaminants, a series of restoration activities were activated to tackle and to prevent potential risks for ecosystem and local population. Our results demonstrated that the levels of TEs accumulated in edible tissues of transplanted mussels in the Flekkefjord fjord were generally low before the beginning of the restoration activities. However, location- and time-specific differences in the accumulation of TEs were noted after the implementation of such activities. Interestingly, the levels of Fe and Mn significantly increased after the beginning of the restoration activities, likely because the release of these TEs from the slag used in such operations and/or resuspension of contaminated sediments. However, assuming that native mussels can accumulate the same TEs at levels measured in transplanted individuals, our results suggest a substantial safety for human consumption of native mussels from the Flekkefjord fjord, regardless of restoration activities. Springer International Publishing 2022-02-22 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC8863704/ /pubmed/35194687 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10661-022-09835-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Parolini, Marco
Panseri, Sara
Håland Gaeta, Federico
Rossi, Luciana
Dell’Anno, Matteo
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De Felice, Beatrice
Rafoss, Trond
Arioli, Francesco
Pilu, Salvatore
Chiesa, Luca Maria
Trends and potential human health risk of trace elements accumulated in transplanted blue mussels during restoration activities of Flekkefjord fjord (Southern Norway)
title Trends and potential human health risk of trace elements accumulated in transplanted blue mussels during restoration activities of Flekkefjord fjord (Southern Norway)
title_full Trends and potential human health risk of trace elements accumulated in transplanted blue mussels during restoration activities of Flekkefjord fjord (Southern Norway)
title_fullStr Trends and potential human health risk of trace elements accumulated in transplanted blue mussels during restoration activities of Flekkefjord fjord (Southern Norway)
title_full_unstemmed Trends and potential human health risk of trace elements accumulated in transplanted blue mussels during restoration activities of Flekkefjord fjord (Southern Norway)
title_short Trends and potential human health risk of trace elements accumulated in transplanted blue mussels during restoration activities of Flekkefjord fjord (Southern Norway)
title_sort trends and potential human health risk of trace elements accumulated in transplanted blue mussels during restoration activities of flekkefjord fjord (southern norway)
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8863704/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35194687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10661-022-09835-7
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