Trace elements in the organs and tissues of bivalves in the northwestern Black Sea

Journal Article · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979 · Hydrobiol. J. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:5765656

Petkevich, T A; Gorbyleva, T P

An investigation was made of the distribution of 16 trace elements (copper, manganese, iron, aluminum, zinc, barium, strontium, lead, tin, silver, vanadium, nickel, chromium, lithium, titanium and cobalt) in the organs and tissues of bivalves in the northwestern Black Sea and in the Sukhoy and Berezanskiy estuaries. These elements were selected because they are constituents of enzymes, vitamins and other metal-protein complexes, or activate enzymes, and are involved in redox reactions in the transfer of electrons and hydrogen. We investigated mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis), soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria) and oysters (Ostrea edulis), analyzing the mantle, gills, liver, gonads, adductor muscles, foot and shell, and also in Mya the siphon and its outer epithelial layer, the cuticle. Similar data on Anodonta, a freshwater bivalve of the Dniester estuary, were used for comparison.

• Research Organization: Inst. of the Biology of Southern Seas, Kiev, USSR
• OSTI ID: 5765656
• Journal Information: Hydrobiol. J. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Hydrobiol. J. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 15:6; ISSN HYBJA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ALKALI METALS
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
ALUMINIUM
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
ASIA
BARIUM
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BLACK SEA
BODY
CHROMIUM
COBALT
COPPER
EASTERN EUROPE
ELEMENTS
EUROPE
INVERTEBRATES
IRON
LEAD
LITHIUM
MANGANESE
METALS
MOLLUSCS
NICKEL
POLLUTION
SEAS
SILVER
STRONTIUM
SURFACE WATERS
TIN
TISSUES
TITANIUM
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
USSR
VANADIUM
WATER POLLUTION
ZINC