title: Temporal and spatial biomonitoring of heavy metals in eastern Aegean coastal waters using Amphibalanus amphitrite.
abstract: This biomonitoring study presents the spatial and temporal distributions of heavy metals in the soft tissues of a major fouling species Amphibalanus amphitrite living on hard substrate at different sites along the eastern Aegean coast. A. amphitrite has been chosen as a strong candidate for monitoring heavy metals. Sediment and seawater samples were also collected to detect their metal contents in order to gain more information on the environmental conditions and possible bioaccumulation patterns. The physico-chemical characteristics of sampling stations have been measured in order to characterize the sampling area. The order of metal concentrations in barnacles, sediment and seawater decreased in the following order Cu>Fe>Zn>Mn>Cd>Cr>Pb>Hg, Fe>Mn>Zn>Cu>Pb>Cr>Hg>Cd and Fe>Zn>Mn>Cu>Pb>Cr>Cd>Hg, respectively. These results showed that barnacles accumulate Cu in a higher degree than both sediment and seawater. Moreover, metal concentrations in barnacle have the potential for use in any future regulatory framework monitoring and eventually controlling ambient metal pollution levels.
authors.affiliation: Dokuz Eylul University, Institute of Marine Sciences & Technology, Inciralti, 35340 Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: S Aydin
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Onen
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kucuksezgin
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kocak
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D003625:Data Collection; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000032:analysis*; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis*; D012623:Seawater / Q000032:analysis*; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D001468:Thoracica / Q000737:chemistry*; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D019216:Metals, Heavy