Area Oceanografía Química, Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO-CONICET), Complejo Científico-Tecnológico Bahía Blanca (CCT-CONICET-BBca), Edificio E-1, Casilla de Correo 804, 8000, Bahía Blanca, Argentina.
Environ Monit Assess. 2011 Jan;172(1-4):379-89. doi: 10.1007/s10661-010-1341-7. Epub 2010 Feb 12.
This paper presents the concentrations of total copper, lead, cadmium, and zinc in hepatopancreas of the burrowing crab Neohelice granulata from the Samborombón Bay (La Plata River estuary) and the Mar Chiquita coastal lagoon, Argentina. The highest accumulation of lead was observed in Mar Chiquita samples, whereas copper, zinc, and cadmium concentrations were higher in those from Samborombón Bay. Marked temporal and geographic availability differences were observed, while sexual differences only were observed for zinc. Finally, the validity of using this species as bioindicator of heavy-metal pollution within the assessed estuarine ecosystems is discussed.
本文介绍了来自阿根廷桑博龙邦湾（拉普拉塔河口）和马奇奎塔沿海泻湖的穴居蟹 Neohelice granulata 肝胰腺中总铜、铅、镉和锌的浓度。在马奇奎塔样本中观察到最高的铅积累，而在桑博龙邦湾样本中，铜、锌和镉浓度更高。观察到明显的时间和地理可用性差异，而只有锌存在明显的性别差异。最后，讨论了将该物种用作评估的河口生态系统中重金属污染的生物指标的有效性。
