10.6084/m9.figshare.5734626.v1
Marcos Bührer Campolim
Marcos Bührer
Campolim
Marcelo Barbosa Henriques
Marcelo Barbosa
Henriques
Maria Letizia Petesse
Maria Letizia
Petesse
Karina Fernandes Oliveira Rezende
Karina Fernandes Oliveira
Rezende
Edison Barbieri
Edison
Barbieri
Metal trace elements in mussels in Urubuqueçaba Island, Santos Bay, Brazil
SciELO journals
2017
Perna perna
bivalve mollusks
bioaccumulation
seasonality
2017-12-27 02:46:11
Dataset
https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Metal_trace_elements_in_mussels_in_Urubuque_aba_Island_Santos_Bay_Brazil/5734626
<div><p>Abstract: The objective of this work was to verify the existence of bioaccumulation in mussels of the species Perna perna, by determining the concentration of metal trace elements, in Urubuqueçaba Island, Santos Bay, Santos, SP, Brazil. Mussels were collected in natural banks and rocky shores, and sampling took place from April 2010 to June 2011. The concentration of the trace metal elements - aluminum, cadmium, cromium, copper, iron, manganese, nickel, lead, and zinc - was determined according to mussel sex, length, and seasonality classes, in a flame atomic absorption spectrometer. Statistical analyses were applied to the results with the use of the software PAST, with parametric and nonparametric approaches, at 5% probability. In the summer, mussels show the highest concentrations of cadmium, copper, lead, and zinc. Females of P. perna concentrate more copper; for the other elements, there are no significant differences between sexes. The length classes with the highest concentrations are 3.5-5.5 cm for Al and Fe, and 6.5-8.5 cm for Cr.</p></div>