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http://dx.doi.org/10.9710/kjm.2012.28.3.225

Contents of Inorganic Elements in Shellfish and Geochemical Characteristics of Surface sediments on the West Coast of Korea  

Choi, Yoon Seok (Tidal Flat Research Institute, NFRDI)
Park, Kwang Jae (Tidal Flat Research Institute, NFRDI)
Song, Jae Hee (Tidal Flat Research Institute, NFRDI)
Yoon, Sang Pil (Tidal Flat Research Institute, NFRDI)
Chung, Sang Ok (Tidal Flat Research Institute, NFRDI)
An, Kyoung Ho (Tidal Flat Research Institute, NFRDI)
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The Korean Journal of Malacology / v.28, no.3, 2012 , pp. 225-232 More about this Journal
Abstract
In order to evaluate the relationship of between the contents of inorganic elements in shellfish and surface sediments, we measured the concentration of inorganic elements (As, Ca, Cd, Cr, Fe, Hg, Li, Mn, Ni, P, Pb, Zn) in various shellfish and surface sediments of research area. The enrichment factor (EF) and the index of accumulation rate (Igeo) of the metals showed that the research areas can be classified as moderately polluted, or unpolluted. And also we measured the geochemical characteristics of surface sediments(grain size, chemical oxygen demand (COD), ignition loss (IL) and acid volatile sulfide (AVS). The grain sizes for research areas of surface sediment were similar the ratio of silt and clay in comparison with other sites. The COD and IL in surface sediment ranged from 5.41 to 14.06 mg/g. d.w. (mean $8.78{\pm}3.16$ mg/g d.w.) and from 0.92 to 3.17% (mean $2.08{\pm}0.86%$), respectively. Siginificant differences in metal concentrations also were determinated in the shellfish tissue among the different sites. However, except for metals(Mn, Zn), which showed some elevation of concentrations, the variations in the shellfish tissue were not related to variations in the sediment.
Keywords
Shellfish; Inorganic elements; Metal; Surface sediments; Enrichment factor; Geoaccumulation index;
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