Chemical elements in mussels: Insights into changes in coastal environments due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Autor: Di Beneditto APM; Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Laboratório de Ciências Ambientais, Av. Alberto Lamego 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ 28013-620, Brazil. Electronic address: anapaula@uenf.br., Pestana IA; Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Laboratório de Ciências Ambientais, Av. Alberto Lamego 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ 28013-620, Brazil; Universidade Federal Fluminense, Instituto de Química, Departamento de Geoquímica, Campus do Valonguinho, Outeiro de São João Batista S/N, Centro, Niterói, RJ 24020-141, Brazil., Lima DF; Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Laboratório de Ciências Físicas, Av. Alberto Lamego 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ 28013-620, Brazil., Franco RWA; Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Laboratório de Ciências Físicas, Av. Alberto Lamego 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ 28013-620, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Marine pollution bulletin [Mar Pollut Bull] 2024 Sep; Vol. 206, pp. 116815. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 07.
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116815
Abstrakt: The concentrations of macro elements (Ca, K, Mg, and Na), essential trace elements (Cr, Cu, Fe, Li, Mn, Ni, and Zn), and nonessential trace elements (Al, As, Cd, Pb, and Ti) in the shell and soft tissues of Perna perna (L. 1758) mussels from Southeast Brazil are presented as a baseline reference for understanding the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the quality of coastal environments. For shells, the macro elements load was greater during the pandemic period at all sampling sites; however, for soft tissues, the opposite trend was recorded. On the contrary, the concentrations of trace elements in the shell were below the limit of quantification in most samples, and they tended to decrease in the soft tissues during the pandemic. Thus, the COVID-19 was a short-term conservation event that positively impacted the mussels. The results are relevant for monitoring the coastal environment in a post-COVID-19 scenario.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest None.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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