Green oysters occurring in an industrial harbor in Central Taiwan

Tien-Hsi Fang; Shi-Yan Dai

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.02.059

Green oysters occurring in an industrial harbor in Central Taiwan

Mar Pollut Bull. 2017 Nov 30;124(2):1006-1013. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.02.059. Epub 2017 Mar 6.

Authors

Tien-Hsi Fang¹, Shi-Yan Dai²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Marine Environmental Informatics, National Taiwan Ocean, University, Keelung, Taiwan. Electronic address: thfang@mail.ntou.edu.tw.
² Department of Marine Environmental Informatics, National Taiwan Ocean, University, Keelung, Taiwan.

PMID: 28274472
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.02.059

Abstract

Green oysters were found within the Mailiao industrial harbor (MIH) located in Central Taiwan. The metal concentrations in seawater (dissolved and particulate phases), sediment and oyster samples collected within the MIH were analyzed to examine the green oysters. The dissolved and particulate metal concentrations ranged within 0.008-1.47μgl^-1 and 0.97-799.2mgkg^-1, respectively. The Cu concentration in seawater was dominated in the dissolved phase. In contrast, Cr, Pb and Zn in seawater were chiefly present in the particulate phase. The metal concentrations in sediment and oyster samples ranged within 0.02-148.4mgkg^-1 and 0.18-1238mgkg^-1 (dry W.), respectively. No anomalous values were found in the analyzed samples, except the Cu content in the oyster samples ranged within 274-1238mgkg^-1. The relatively high bioconcentration factor of Cu in oyster and the longer exposure time induced the green oysters occurred within the MIH.

Keywords: Bioconcentration factor; Green oysters; Trace metals.

MeSH terms

Animals
Copper / analysis*
Environmental Monitoring
Metals / analysis
Ostreidae / chemistry*
Seawater
Taiwan
Trace Elements / analysis
Water Pollutants, Chemical / analysis*

Substances

Metals
Trace Elements
Water Pollutants, Chemical
Copper