Monitoring of trace metal contamination in the Souss estuary (South Morocco) using the clams Cerastoderma edule and Scrobicularia plana

Type Article
Date 2008-03
Language English
Author(s) Anajjar E2, Chiffoleau Jean-Francois1, Bergayou H2, Moukrim A2, Burgeot Thierry1, Cheggour M3
Affiliation(s) 1 : IFREMER, Biogeochem & Ecotoxicol Dept, F-44311 Nantes, France.
2 : Ibn Zohr Univ, Lab Eau & Environm, Fac Sci, Agadir 80000, Morocco.
3 : Ecole Normale Super, Dept Biol, Unite Ecol, Marrakech, Morocco.
Source Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (0007-4861) (Springer), 2008-03 , Vol. 80 , N. 3 , P. 283-288
DOI 10.1007/s00128-008-9364-2
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Keyword(s) Monitoring, Waste water, Bivalves, Metals, South estuary
Abstract Concentrations of seven metals (Cd, Cu, Cr, Pb, Ni, Zn, Hg) were monitored monthly during 2 years in two bivalves, Cerastoderma edule and Scrobicularia plana collected from the Souss estuary (South Morocco) before and after the commissioning of a sewage treatment plant in November 2002. According to trace metals, changes in concentrations were observed mainly in S. plana, characterised by a decrease of Cu, Hg and Pb when Cd was clearly increasing. Conversely, no clear changes were observed in C. edule during the same periods. This study suggests the use of S. plana in the monitoring of trace metal contamination of such coastal marine environments.
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Anajjar E, Chiffoleau Jean-Francois, Bergayou H, Moukrim A, Burgeot Thierry, Cheggour M (2008). Monitoring of trace metal contamination in the Souss estuary (South Morocco) using the clams Cerastoderma edule and Scrobicularia plana. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 80(3), 283-288. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-008-9364-2 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/4515/