Background Concentrations of Heavy Metals in Brown Algae from the Northwest Sea of Japan

Autor:	Elena N. Chernova, Svetlana I. Kozhenkova
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	biology Chemistry Heavy metals Background concentrations biology.organism_classification Brown algae Metal Algae Lower threshold Environmental chemistry visual_art Biomonitoring visual_art.visual_art_medium Sargassum pallidum
Zdroj:	Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection. :147-155
ISSN:	2327-4344 2327-4336
Popis:	Background concentrations of Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd, and Ni were calculated for brown algae Costaria costata from the northwest Sea of Japan. Also the paper contains refined data on heavy metal concentrations in the widespread distributed brown algae, such as Stephanocystis crassipes, Sargassum pallidum and S. miyabei. As the upper threshold levels of metal background concentrations, the median values plus double medians of absolute deviations from the medians were used (Me + 2MAD). The lower threshold level of the background concentration equal to the physiological need for an element is the median of 15% minimum values in the sampling minus the double median of absolute deviations from the median (Me15 - 2MAD15). The calculated ranges of the background concentrations of metals in algae were compared with concentrations of elements in mac-rophytes collected from habitats with background concentrations of metals in water.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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