Concentrations of Hg, Cd, Cu, Zn, Fe and Mn in deep sea benthic fauna from the southeastern Mediterranean sea: A comparison study between fauna collected at a pristine area and at two waste disposal sites

Nurit Kress; Hava Hornung; Barak Herut

doi:10.1016/S0025-326X(98)00069-1

Concentrations of Hg, Cd, Cu, Zn, Fe and Mn in deep sea benthic fauna from the southeastern Mediterranean sea: A comparison study between fauna collected at a pristine area and at two waste disposal sites

Nurit Kress, Hava Hornung, Barak Herut

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Concentrations of Hg, Cd, Cu, Zn, Fe, and Mn were determined in five deep sea benthic fauna species: Polycheles typhlops, Acanthephyra eximia, Aristeus antennatus (Crustacea), Bathypterois mediterraneus, and Nezumia sclerorhynchus (Fish). Specimens were collected at two deep sea dump sites and at a deep sea control area in the southeastern Mediterranean sea, 1988-1995, within the framework of monitoring studies. Natural concentrations in the studied species were determined using specimens collected at a control site. The order of the natural metal concentrations found in the crustaceans was: Fe > Cu > Zn > Mn > Cd > Hg, while in the benthic fish the order was different: Fe > Zn > Mn > Cu > Hg ≥ Cd. Natural levels of Hg and Cd were high compared with the levels found in near shore species, probably as a result of specific feeding habits and physiological metal regulation of each species. Specimens collected at the dump sites were used as biomonitors to assess the impact of waste dumping operations. Comparison of results to the natural metal levels showed some significant differences among the sites, but no systematic trends. Rank score analysis based on metal contents of the fauna gave the lowest sum of scores to the control site, indicating probable effect of the disposal operations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	911-921
Number of pages	11
Journal	Marine Pollution Bulletin
Volume	36
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0025-326X(98)00069-1
State	Published - Nov 1998
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
We would like to thank the captain, A. Ben-Nun, and crew of the R/V Shikmona for devoted work at sea, and F. Kopel for statistical analyses. We mourn the untimely death of K. Diskin who edited this manuscript. Financial support for the study was provided by the Israel Electricity Corporation, Haifa Chemicals Co., and the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure. We appreciate the remarks of three anonymous reviewers that helped improve the manuscript. This manuscript was written while N.K. was on sabbatical leave at the Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island.

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Benthos
Deep sea
Eastern Mediterranean
Trace metal
Waste dumping

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Aquatic Science
Pollution

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Concentrations of Hg, Cd, Cu, Zn, Fe and Mn in deep sea benthic fauna from the southeastern Mediterranean sea: A comparison study between fauna collected at a pristine area and at two waste disposal sites

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