Rare Earth Element in Bivalves’ Soft Tissues of French Metropolitan Coasts: Spatial and Temporal Distribution
- 12 March 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
- Vol. 81 (4), 600-611
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-021-00821-7
Abstract
Rare earth elements (REE) are becoming an environmental pollutant of emerging concern, linked to their use in various anthropic processes. Because REE bioconcentrate in marine organisms throughout their food webs, a better understanding of biogeochemical processes leading to REE concentrations found in coastal species is necessary. This study was designed to assess REEs concentrations in various common bivalves from the French coastline to identify possible geographic, taxonomic, or temporal variations of concentrations. Based on the French Mussel Watch program, three species of bivalves (oyster Crassostrea gigas and mussels Mytilus edulis and Mytilus galloprovincialis) were collected all along the French metropolitan coast and soft tissues were analyzed for REE concentrations. Results have shown higher REE concentrations in bivalve soft tissues near estuaries without taxonomic nor national geographic differences. The highest levels have been observed in the Gironde estuary with total REE concentrations (∑REE) in oysters up to 10.94 µg g−1 d.w. The REE distribution pattern in both mussel species described a particle-like (inverse V-shape) pattern, whereas C. gigas REE distribution pattern changes from a particle-like to a dissolved-like pattern with a heavy REE (HREE) enrichment. However, no environmental parameter could be linked to these pattern changes. Finally, neither Gd anomalies nor an evolution of REE concentrations over a 30-year period have been detected in bivalves’ soft tissues. Graphic AbstractThis publication has 49 references indexed in Scilit:
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