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Metal levels and accumulation patterns of sea lamprey ammocoetes (Petromyzon marinus Linnaeus, 1758) from a tidal freshwater habitat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 June 2013

Mário Jorge Araújo ,
Pedro Reis ,
Ana Catarina Braga  and
Carlos Antunes
Mário Jorge Araújo*
Affiliation:
CIMAR-LA/CIIMAR Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Rua dos Bragas, 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal
Pedro Reis
Affiliation:
CIMAR-LA/CIIMAR Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Rua dos Bragas, 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal
Ana Catarina Braga
Affiliation:
CIMAR-LA/CIIMAR Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Rua dos Bragas, 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal
Carlos Antunes
Affiliation:
CIMAR-LA/CIIMAR Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Rua dos Bragas, 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal Gallaecia University School, Largo das Oliveiras, 4920-275 Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal Aquamuseum of River Minho, Parque do Castelinho, 4920-290 Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal
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*Corresponding author: major.a3@gmail.com.
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Abstract

Ammocoetes of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus Linnaeus, 1758) from an assumedly pristine tidal freshwater habitat were used for determination of metal levels and accumulation patterns with size. The individuals were collected during the winter of 2011 in river Minho (Iberian Peninsula, Southwest of Europe) and the levels of metals (Cd, Cu, Cr, Fe, Pb, Mn and Zn) in the whole body were analysed by atomic absorption spectrometry. Fe was the metal with highest levels (maximum of 1438 ppm), while Cd and Pb were the lowest accumulated elements (overall means of 0.093±0.065 ppm and 0.259±0.094 ppm, respectively). Larger ammocoetes seemed prone to accumulate Cu, Fe and Mn (P<0.05). Pb and Zn levels also seemed to increase with ammocoetes size; however, statistical differences were not found between size classes (P>0.05).

Keywords

Absorption spectroscopybioaccumulationheavy metalsMinhoMiño
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Research Article
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Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology , Volume 49 , Issue 2 , 2013 , pp. 107 - 112
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© EDP Sciences, 2013

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