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Long-Term Monitoring of Pollution of the Coastal Water Area of Ussuri Bay with Metals: A Case Study of “Green” Oysters Magallana gigas (= Crassostrea gigas) (Thunberg, 1793)

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In September 2021, the contents of the Pb, Cu, Cd, Zn, Ni, Fe, and Mn heavy metals were estimated in the tissues of the oyster Magallana gigas (= Crassostrea gigas) (Thunberg, 1793) and in the silty fraction of bottom sediments from mollusk habitats in coastal waters around the Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula, including the most polluted area off the western coast of Ussuri Bay of the Sea of Japan. It has been shown that, despite the reclamation of the landfill located here in 2010, which is the main source of metal pollution, copper is present in high concentrations in bottom sediments and tissues of oysters, giving them a green color. The mollusks living in this area also retain a high concentration of zinc. The concentrations of Pb, Cd, and Ni in oyster tissues over the past 20 years have decreased by 2–5 times in accordance with the decrease in the number of mobile forms of these metals in bottom sediments; however, they are still 3–6 times higher than regional estimates for polluted water areas. With the abnormal accumulation of copper, manganese demonstrates a decrease in the concentration in the tissues of oysters from the most polluted stations, reflecting the deterioration of the physiological state of mollusks. The results we obtained indicate the need to continue the remediation of the western coast of Ussuri Bay and monitor the pollution of coastal waters with metals.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors thank the diving service of Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, for conducting sampling and specially for diver K.K. Dudka for the photographs of oyster habitats.

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The study was carried out in the course of the execution of state assignments of Pacific Geographical Institute, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, no. AAAA-A19-119030790003-1 and Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, no. 121082600038-3.

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Shulkin, V.M., Kavun, V.Y. Long-Term Monitoring of Pollution of the Coastal Water Area of Ussuri Bay with Metals: A Case Study of “Green” Oysters Magallana gigas (= Crassostrea gigas) (Thunberg, 1793). Russ J Mar Biol 49, 97–105 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063074023020074

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