Trace metal concentrations in the muscle of seven marine species: Comparison between the Gulf of Lions (North-West Mediterranean Sea) and the Bay of Biscay (North-East Atlantic Ocean)

• Published in: Marine Pollution Bulletin
• Main Authors: Mille, Tiphaine, Cresson, Pierre, Chouvelon, Tiphaine, Bustamante, Paco, Brach-Papa, Christophe, Bruzac, Sandrine, Rozuel, Emmanuelle, Bouchoucha, Marc
• Other Authors: Laboratoire Environnement Ressources Provence Azur Corse (LERPAC), LITTORAL (LITTORAL), Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), Laboratoire Ressources halieutiques Boulogne sur mer (LRHBL), Halieutique Manche Mer du Nord (HMMN), Laboratoire Biogéochimie des Contaminants Métalliques (LBCM), Biogéochimie et Ecotoxicologie (BE), 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 2018
• Subjects: Fish; Shark; Inorganic elements; Contamination; Bioaccumulation; Norway lobster; [SDV.TOX.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Toxicology/Ecotoxicology; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; Canicula; Norway; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-02336547; https://hal.science/hal-02336547/document; https://hal.science/hal-02336547/file/Mille%20et%20al%202018%20MPB.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.05.051

International audience Concentrations of 6 trace metals (Ag, Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn) in the muscle of 2 sharks (Galeus melastomus and Scyliorhinus canicula), 4 teleosts (Helicolenus dactylopterus, Lepidorhombus boscii, Micromesistius poutassou and Phycis blennoides) and 1 crustacean (Nephrops norvegicus) were compared between the Bay of Biscay (Atlantic Ocean) and the Gulf of Lions (Mediterranean Sea). Although average concentrations and the trace element pollution index were generally higher in the Gulf of Lions, significant differences between the two ecosystems were only found for Zn for Helicolenus dactylopterus, and for Ag and Cu for the crustacean N. norvegicus. Moreover, some relationships between trophic level or size and metal concentrations were found for these two species. The absence of clear pattern may result from the blurring effect of contamination and excretion that may act differentially for all species and all elements.