Enrichment and tissue distribution of heavy metals in horseshoe crabs from the Beihai coast of Beibu Gulf

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10.2991/icseee-15.2016.173How to use a DOI?

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Beibu Gulf; horseshoe crab; heavy metal; enrichment; tissue distribution

Abstract

The contents and distributions of some heavy metals i.e., Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn in different tissues of horseshoe crabs including Carcinoscorpins rotundicauda and Tachypleus tridentatus from the Beihai coast of Beibu Gulf were investigated. The results indicated that the variation tendency of measured metals in visceral mass was in the order of Zn>Cu>Cd>Pb, while that in other tissues including gill, carapace and muscle was all in the order of Zn>Cu>Pb>Cd; The metal contents in different tissues of the organisms were varied, and Cd, Cu and Zn contents expressed the highest enrichment in the visceral mass, carapace and muscle, while the Pb content in the gill was relatively high. The spatial distributions of all metals in the organisms were significantly different; however, the spatial tendencies were not identical to each metal. Thus, further research should be taken to explore the relationship between organisms and environments.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Daoquan Xu
AU  - Yinghui Wang
AU  - Kefu Yu
AU  - Jing Guo
AU  - Zhiwei Xiao
AU  - Wanguo Ye
AU  - Wenpeng Jia
PY  - 2016/04
DA  - 2016/04
TI  - Enrichment and tissue distribution of heavy metals in horseshoe crabs from the Beihai coast of Beibu Gulf
BT  - Proceedings of the 2015 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 980
EP  - 983
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icseee-15.2016.173
DO  - 10.2991/icseee-15.2016.173
ID  - Xu2016/04
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