Bioaccumulation surveillance in Milford Haven Waterway |
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Authors: | W J Langston S O’Hara N D Pope M Davey E Shortridge M Imamura H Harino A Kim C H Vane |
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Institution: | (1) Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB, UK;(2) Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry Environmental Science Laboratory, 1646 Abiko City, Chiba 270-1194, Japan;(3) School of Human Sciences, Kobe College, 4-1 Okadayama, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 662-8505, Japan;(4) British Geological Survey, Kingsley Dunham Centre, Keyworth, NG12 5GG, UK |
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Abstract: | Biomonitoring of contaminants (metals, organotins, polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), PCBs) was undertaken in Milford Haven
Waterway (MHW) and a reference site in the Tywi Estuary (St Ishmael/Ferryside) during 2007–2008. Bioindicator species encompassed
various uptake routes—Fucus vesiculosus (dissolved contaminants); Littorina littorea (grazer); Mytilus edulis and Cerastoderma edule (suspension feeders); and Hediste (=Nereis) diversicolor (sediments). Differences in feeding and habitat preference have subtle implications for bioaccumulation trends though, with
few exceptions, contaminant burdens in MHW were higher than the Tywi reference site, reflecting inputs. Elevated metal concentrations
were observed at some MHW sites, whilst As and Se (molluscs and seaweed) were consistently at the higher end of the UK range.
However, for most metals, distributions in MH biota were not exceptional. Several metal-species combinations indicated increases
in bioavailability upstream, which may reflect the influence of geogenic/land-based sources—perhaps enhanced by lower salinity.
TBT levels in MH mussels were below OSPAR toxicity thresholds and in the Tywi were close to zero. Phenyltins were not accumulated
appreciably in M. edulis, whereas some H. diversicolor populations appear subjected to localized (historical) sources. PAHs in H. diversicolor were distributed evenly across most of MHW, although acenaphthene, fluoranthene, pyrene, benzo(a)anthracene and chrysene were highest at one site near the mouth; naphthalenes in H. diversicolor were enriched in the mid-upper Haven (a pattern seen in M. edulis for most PAHs). Whilst PAH (and PCB) concentrations in MH mussels were mostly above reference and OSPAR backgrounds, they
are unlikely to exceed ecotoxicological thresholds. Bivalve Condition indices (CI) were highest at the Tywi reference site
and at the seaward end of MH, decreasing upstream—giving rise to several significant (negative) relationships between CI and
body burdens. Despite the possible influence of salinity gradient as a complicating factor, multivariate analysis indicated
that a combination of contaminants could influence the pattern in condition (and the biomarkers metallothionein and TOSC).
Integrating bioaccumulation data with biological and biochemical endpoints is seen as a useful way to discriminate environmental
quality of moderately contaminated areas such as MHW and to prioritise cause and effect investigations. |
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