Limited effects of increased CO2 and temperature on metal and radionuclide bioaccumulation in a sessile invertebrate, the oyster Crassostrea gigas

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Belivermis, Murat, Warnau, M., Metian, Marc, Oberhänsli, François, Teyssié, Jean-Louis, Lacoue-Labarthe, Thomas
• Other Authors: Istanbul University, Environment Laboratories (IAEA), International Atomic Energy Agency Vienna (IAEA), LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2016
• Subjects: Ocean acidification; bioaccumulation; Pacific oyster; metal; radiotracer; in vitro digestion; [SDV.TOX.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Toxicology/Ecotoxicology; Pacific; Crassostrea gigas
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-01253916; https://hal.science/hal-01253916/document; https://hal.science/hal-01253916/file/Pub%20Murat%20HAL.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsv236

International audience This study investigated the combined effects of reduced pH and increased temperature on the capacities of the Pacific cupped oyster Crassostrea gigas to bioconcentrate radionuclide and metals. Oysters were exposed to dissolved radiotracers (110mAg, 241Am, 109Cd, 57Co, 54Mn, and 65Zn) at three pH (7.5, 7.8, 8.1) and two temperatures (21°C and 24°C) under controlled laboratory conditions. Although calcifying organisms are recognized as particularly vulnerable to ocean acidification, the oyster did not accumulate differently the studied metals when exposed under the different pH conditions. However temperature alone or in combination with pH somewhat altered the bioaccumulation of the studied elements. At pH 7.5, Cd was accumulated with an uptake rate constant two-fold higher at 24°C than 21°C. Bioaccumulation of Mn was significantly affected by an interactive effect between seawater pH and temperature, with a decreased uptake rate at pH 7.5 when temperature increased (27 ± 1 vs. 17 ± 1 d-1 at 21°C and 24°C, respectively). Retention of Co and Mn tended also to decrease at the same pH with decreasing temperature. Neither pH nor temperature affected strongly the elements distribution between shell and soft tissues. Significant effects of pH were found on the bio-accessibility of Mn, Zn and 241Am during experimental in vitro simulation of human digestion.