Table 18.6
Heavy metal levels (μg/g dry wt) in some living organism from the Black Sea
Species
Metals
References
Cd
Co
Zn
Mn
Pb
Cu
Mussels
<0.02–6.44 <0.05–5.36 78.12–512.5 5.66–22.8
<0.05–2.60 7.21
Topcuoglu et al. (2002)
Sea snail (sofpart)
2.01–41.13
<0.05–0.7
73.3–255.9
3.90–10.01
<0.5
36.19
a
Ulva lactuca
<0.02/
<0.05/
21.2/
45.1/
<0.1/
13.8
1998/1999
<0.02
<0.05
9.6
21.8
<0.1
3.87
a
Cystoseira bar.
<0.02/
<0.05/
35.1/
32.1/
<0.1/
5.7
1998/1999
<0.02
<0.05
13.9
6.7
<0.1
2.2
a
Pterocladiella
1.53/
<0.05/
119.8/
91.1/
<0.1/
10.3
capillacea 1998/99
1.36
<0.05
86.2
52.1
<0.1
5.3
Topcuoglu et al. (2003a, b)
b
Ulva lactuca
<0.2/
<0.05/
13.5/
41.1/
<0.1/
11.3
1998/1999
<0.2
<0.05
394.4
12.5
<0.1
7.7
b
Cystoseira bar.
<002/
<0.05/
43.9/
27.3–
<0.1/
593
1998/1999
<0.02
<0.05
191.5
22.7
<0.1
590
b
Pterocladiela capillacea 1999
<0.02
<0.05
176.8
10.8
<0.1
<0.03
Cystoseira crin.
0.22–1.87
À
À
9–60
0.4–6.3
0.3–6.0
Strezov and Nonova (2003)
Cystoseira bar.
0.10–1.25
À
9–54
0.7–2.4
0.6–9.0
Mussels
<0.02
–
312–396.5
46.9–73.05
<0.05–108
11.7–23.2 Bakan and B€ oke-O ¨
zkoc ¸ (2008)
a
West Black Sea
b
East Black Sea:
μg/kg
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