| Title |
Heavy Metal Levels in Solen Strictus Living in the Tidal Flats of the Western Coast , Korea |
| Authors |
황갑수(Gap Soo Hwang),김강주(Kang Joo Kim),신형선(Hyung Seon Shin),여성구(Sung Koo Yeo),김진삼(Jin Sam Kim) |
| Abstract |
This study was carried out to investigate heavy metal contamination in the burrowing mussels. So1en strictus Gould, from coastal tidal flat in Western coast. Korea and to clarify the biological availibility of heavy metals according to shell size. The sizes of the collected mussels were linearly related to their dry weights of soft parts. The heavy metal levels of the mussels decrease as their dry weights increase. Only Cd levels were the exception indicating its relatively strong tendency of accumulation in organisms. The mussels sampled from a site (S5) showed considerably higher concentration levels than those from elsewhere. However, the mussels from a nearby site (S6) that is about 200m apart from S5 to the north did not show such high levels. Statistical analysis showed that Cr and Ni (Cu and Zn) levels in the mussels are strongly correlated with each other. |