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Use of macroalgae stored in an Environmental Specimen Bank for application of some European Framework Directives
- Source :
- Water Research. 44:1713-1724
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2010.
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Abstract
- Different European Framework Directives have established a series of objectives for conservation of the coast, and monitoring tools must be made available to test compliance with these aims. In the present study the use of macroalgae deposited in an Environmental Specimen Bank was evaluated as a possible environmental tool for monitoring the coastal ecosystem. The concentrations of Al, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, V and Zn in three species of the genus Fucus (Fucus spiralis, Fucus vesiculosus and Fucus ceranoides) were measured at sampling sites distributed along the coast of Galicia (NW Spain). In the period 1990-2001, the concentrations of the metals were higher in 1990 than in 2001, with the exception of: i) Mn in F. ceranoides and Fe in F. spiralis-F. vesiculosus, for which there were no differences between the sampling periods, and ii) Zn in F. vesiculosus and Fe in F. ceranoides, for which the concentrations were higher in 2001 than in 1990. In the period 2001-2007 concentrations of the metals were more stable, especially in F. ceranoides (e.g. Al, Fe, Hg, Ni and V). The concentrations were also more stable vin F. vesiculosus in 2005 (i.e. Al, Cr, Fe, Mn and Zn). The population density distributions are consistent with the results of the statistical tests. The results indicate that macroalgae of the genus Fucus may be useful for applying different European Framework Directives, given that the macroalgae are sufficiently sensitive to changes in concentrations of metals, and may be suitable for long-term monitoring and used for the detection of increased concentrations of metals (real-time monitoring).
- Subjects :
- Environmental Engineering
ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species
chemistry.chemical_element
Fucus vesiculosus
Environment
Aquatic plant
Biomonitoring
Waste Management and Disposal
Biological Specimen Banks
Water Science and Technology
Civil and Structural Engineering
Cadmium
Geography
biology
Ecology
ved/biology
Ecological Modeling
biology.organism_classification
Pollution
Europe
chemistry
Metals
Spain
Fucus spiralis
Indicator species
Environmental chemistry
Fucus
Particulate Matter
Fucus ceranoides
Water Pollutants, Chemical
Environmental Monitoring
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00431354
- Volume :
- 44
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Water Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4e23741f600fa9f4a16e592e60b511c5