The status of marine mussel pollution research in South Africa (2012–2022)

DC Firth, L Auerswald, PE Strydom, LC Hoffman - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
The growing human population requires more food each year, and seafood products can
help meet this demand if clean water resources are available for their growth. Farmed and …

Trace Element Patterns in Shells of Mussels (Bivalvia) Allow to Distinguish between Fresh-and Brackish-Water Coastal Environments of the Subarctic and Boreal …

AA Lyubas, IA Kuznetsova, GV Bovykina, TA Eliseeva… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
The accumulation of trace metals in the shells of bivalves allows quantitative assessments of
environmental pollution and helps to reconstruct paleo aquatic environments. However, the …

Human exposure to trace elements via consumption of mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis from Boka Kotorska Bay, Montenegro

A Perošević, D Joksimović, D Đurović… - Journal of Trace …, 2018 - Elsevier
In order to assess human health risks via consumption of potentially toxic mussels, the
concentrations of Al, Ba, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Li, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sr, Zn and Hg were studied in …

Monitoring of trace metal accumulation in two South African farmed mussel species, Mytilus galloprovincialis and Choromytilus meridionalis

DC Firth, K Salie, B O'Neill, LC Hoffman - Marine pollution bulletin, 2019 - Elsevier
Mussels pose health risks to consumers through accumulation of trace metals from the
ocean. Saldanha Bay, South Africa, has heavy industry and international shipping, creating …

The mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis (Crimea, Black Sea) as a source of essential trace elements in human nutrition

NS Chelyadina, SV Kapranov, MA Popov… - … Trace Element Research, 2023 - Springer
Micronutrients, or essential trace elements, are important components in various metabolic
processes inherent to the normal functioning of organism. To date, a substantial part of the …

Harvesting amphipods applying the integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) concept in off-shore areas

V Fernandez-Gonzalez, K Toledo-Guedes… - Aquaculture, 2018 - Elsevier
Current trends in aquaculture research are towards more sustainable aquaculture,
implementing more environment-friendly models such as integrated multi-trophic …

Macro- and Microelements and Radionuclides in the Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis from Recreational and Harbor Sites of the Crimean Peninsula (The Black Sea)

P Nekhoroshkov, I Zinicovscaia, K Vergel, D Grozdov… - Hydrobiology, 2022 - mdpi.com
The concentrations of 29 elements in the soft tissues and of 24 elements in the shells of
mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) collected in one selected recreational and two relatively …

The impacts of seawater physicochemical parameters and sediment metal contents on trace metal concentrations in mussels—a chemometric approach

A Perošević, L Pezo, D Joksimović, D Đurović… - … Science and Pollution …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract The concentrations of Al, Ba, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Li, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sr, Zn, and Hg were
studied in Mytilus galloprovincialis collected from the coastal area of Montenegro. The …

Effect of the Elemental Content of Shells of the Bivalve Mollusks (Mytilus galloprovincialis) from Saldanha Bay (South Africa) on Their Crystallographic Texture

P Nekhoroshkov, I Zinicovscaia, D Nikolayev… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The aim was to study the question of whether the texture of mollusk shells
changes with alteration in their elemental composition. Even though significant differences …

Origin determination of the Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) using a combination of whole-body compound-specific isotope analysis and heavy metal analysis

MPV Matos, ME Engel, JB Mangrum, GP Jackson - Analytical Methods, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Various samples of the Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, were collected from five
harvest bay areas in the Gulf of Mexico coastal waters of Florida (FL), Louisiana (LA) and …