NDLI: The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon composition of mussels (<i>Mytilus edulis</i>) from Scottish coastal waters

Content Provider	Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Author	McIntosh, A. D. Shepherd, N. J. Dalgarno, E. J. Webster, L. Megginson, C. Moffat, C. F.
Copyright Year	2003
Abstract	Blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) were collected from coastal areas and voes in Shetland and Orkney during March and April 1998 and from various coastal locations around mainland Scotland and from the Islands during October and December 1999. The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentration and composition (2- to 6-ring parent and branched) were determined for all samples. Additional analysis, including sensory assessment and the determination of n-alkanes and geochemical biomarkers, was also undertaken on the Shetland and Orkney mussels collected in 1998. Mussels from Shetland and Orkney exhibited a wide range of total PAH concentration (14.7 to 7,177 ng g−1 wet weight). Those mussels collected in 1999 exhibited a narrower concentration range. The lowest value (mussels from Loch Kentra) was 8.4 ng g−1 wet weight while the maximum concentration was 344.1 ng g−1 wet weight and was determined in mussels from Granton East in the Firth of Forth. The PAH concentration ratios in mussels from Dury Voe (Grunna), Long Hope and Kirkwall Bay were consistent with a predominately petrogenic source for these contaminants. This was supported by both the sensory assessment and the n-alkane and triterpane profiles. Comparisons of the PAH concentrations in mussels with sediments collected from the same locations around Shetland and Orkney showed that in areas of high sediment PAH concentration the bioavailability of these contaminants was limited.
Starting Page	150
Ending Page	159
Page Count	10
File Format	HTM / HTML PDF
ISSN	14640325
Volume Number	5
Issue Number	1
Journal	Journal of Environmental Monitoring
DOI	10.1039/b208691n
Language	English
Publisher	Royal Society of Chemistry
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Orkney Loch Kentra Shetland Scotland Islands Granton East Kirkwall Bay Canna (plant) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon Alkane Kentra Lucan Biddulph Firth of Forth Kirkwall Sediment Bioavailability
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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