title: Green oysters occurring in an industrial harbor in Central Taiwan.
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-1and 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-1and 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Marine Environmental Informatics, National Taiwan Ocean, University, Keelung, Taiwan. Electronic address: thfang@mail.ntou.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Tien-Hsi
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.affiliation: Department of Marine Environmental Informatics, National Taiwan Ocean, University, Keelung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Shi-Yan
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Dai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003300:Copper / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D008670:Metals / Q000032:analysis; D010125:Ostreidae / Q000737:chemistry*; D012623:Seawater; D013624:Taiwan; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000032:analysis; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D008670:Metals; D014131:Trace Elements; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D003300:Copper
keywords: Bioconcentration factor; Green oysters; Trace metals