Field and experimental studies on cadmium in the edible crab Cancer pagurus |
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Authors: | I M Davies G Topping W C Graham C R Falconer A D McIntosh D Saward |
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Institution: | (1) Marine Laboratory, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland, Victoria Road, Torry, AB9 8DB Aberdeen, Scotland, UK |
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Abstract: | The distribution of cadmium within captive crabs (Cancer pagurus) exposed experimentally to cadmium-contaminated food and water is described and illustrated by triangular diagrams. Crabs from the Orkney Islands (Scotland) are known to contain relatively high levels of cadmium (up to 62 g g-1 wet wt) in the hepatopancreas. The distribution of cadmium between the hepatopancreas, gonad, gill, carapace, claw muscle, heart, and haemolymph, is described in crabs collected during 1978, and compared with similar data from crabs exposed to cadmium for ca. 300 d (September 1978 – June 1979) experimentally. It is concluded that the dominant uptake route of cadmium to Orkney crabs is through their diet. |
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