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The sandhopper Talitrus saltator (Crustacea: Amphipoda) as a biomonitor of trace metal bioavailabilities in European coastal waters |
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| Authors: | Fialkowski W Calosi P Dahlke S Dietrich A Moore P G Olenin S Persson L E Smith B D Spegys M Rainbow P S |
| Institution: | a Jagiellonian University, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Aquatic Biology Group, ul. Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Krakow, Poland b Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, Devon, UK c Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, Institut für Ökologie, Schwedenhagen 6, 18565 Kloster/Hiddensee, Germany d Department of Hydrobiology and Ichthyopathology, Faculty of Bioresources and Nature Use, Kaliningrad State Technical University, Sovetsky prospekt, 1, 236000 Kaliningrad, Russia e University Marine Biological Station Millport, Isle of Cumbrae, Scotland KA28 0EG, UK f Coastal Research and Planning Institute, Klaipeda University, H. Manto 84, 92294, Klaipeda, Lithuania g Department of Biology and Environmental Science, University of Kalmar, Barlastgatan 11, SE-391 82 Kalmar, Sweden h Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK |
| Abstract: | The amphipod crustacean Talitrus saltator is an established, easily accessible, biomonitor of trace metal bioavailabilities in coastal waters. We have carried out a geographically widespread collection of T. saltator from European shores, stretching from the north-west Atlantic through the Baltic to the Mediterranean. A primary aim of the work was to establish a database of accumulated trace metal concentrations (Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn and Zn) in this biomonitor. Statistical analysis has shown significant geographical differences in the bioavailabilities of all the metals, the most distinct being copper, iron and manganese. It has proved possible to identify unusually high accumulated concentrations of Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn and Zn in this biomonitor, indicative of high metal bioavailability at a particular site. These may serve as reference points for future biomonitoring programmes seeking to identify metal contamination in coastal waters. |
| Keywords: | Talitrus Biomonitoring Metal bioavailability Baltic Sea Irish Sea Mediterranean |
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