title: Processing of antifouling paint particles by Mytilus edulis.
abstract: Particles of spent antifouling paint collected from a marine boatyard were ground and subsequently administered to the filter-feeding bivalve, Mytilus edulis, maintained in static aquaria. Concentrations of Cu and Zn were measured in seawater throughout a 16 h feeding phase and a 24 h depuration phase, in rejected and egested particles collected during the respective phases, and in the organisms themselves at the end of the experiments. Concentrations and distributions of Cu and Zn in processed particles indicated that M. edulis was able to ingest paint particles, regardless of whether nutritionally viable silt was present, and no mechanism of particle discrimination was evident. Enrichment of Cu and Zn in the visceral mass of individuals and in the aqueous phase during depuration supported these assertions, although elevated concentrations in other compartments of the organism (e.g. shell, gill) suggested that biotic and abiotic uptake of aqueous metal was also important.
authors.affiliation: School of Earth, Ocean and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK. aturner@plymouth.ac.uk
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barrett
authors.forename: Murray T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003300:Copper / Q000032:analysis; D004202:Disinfectants / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D004463:Ecology / Q000379:methods; D049880:Mytilus edulis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D010150:Paint; D052638:Particulate Matter; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D015032:Zinc / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D004202:Disinfectants; D052638:Particulate Matter; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D003300:Copper; D015032:Zinc