IFREMER, Laboratoire Environnement Ressource Provence Azur Corse, BP 330-83507, La Seyne sur Mer Cedex, France.
Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 2011 Aug;61(2):261-71. doi: 10.1007/s00244-010-9599-x. Epub 2010 Sep 23.
The MYTILOS project aimed at drawing up a preliminary report on coastal chemical contamination at the scale of the Western Mediterranean (continental coasts of the Balearic Islands, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and Maghreb) based on a transplanted mussels methodology validated along the French coasts since 1996 by Ifremer and the Rhône Méditerranée & Corsica water board. MYTILOS is backed up by the INTERREG III B/MEDOC programme, the PNUE/PAM-MEDPOL and Rhône Méditerranée & Corsica water board. Three cruises (2004, 2005, 2006) have taken place to assess the first state of chemical contamination along the Western Mediterranean shores with the same methodology. Approximately 120 days were spent at sea deploying and retrieving 123 mussel bags. The results obtained for all studied contaminants were equivalent to those obtained along the French coast according the RINBIO network. These similarities relate to both the highest measured levels and background levels throughout the 123 stations. The areas of greatest impact were mainly urban and industrial centers and the outlets of major rivers, with a far higher midsea impact on the dilution of organic compounds than on metals. Metal levels measured in midsea zones were found to be similar to those in natural shellfish populations living along the coast. On a global scale we can observe that the contaminants levels in the Mediterranean Sea are in the same range as in other areas worldwide. Overall, the research demonstrates the reliability of this methodology for marine pollution monitoring, especially in the Mediterranean sea.
“Mytilos”项目旨在根据一种贻贝移植方法，初步编制一份关于西地中海沿海化学污染的报告（巴利阿里群岛、西西里岛、撒丁岛、科西嘉岛和马格里布的大陆海岸）。自 1996 年以来，法国海洋开发研究所（Ifremer）和罗纳-地中海-科西嘉流域管理局（Rhône Méditerranée & Corsica 水管理局）一直在法国沿海验证这种方法。“Mytilos”项目得到了 INTERREG III B/MEDOC 方案、环境署/PAM-MEDPOL 方案和罗纳-地中海-科西嘉流域管理局的支持。为了采用相同的方法评估西地中海沿岸的化学污染初始状况，共进行了三次巡航（2004 年、2005 年和 2006 年）。大约 120 天的时间被用于在海上部署和回收 123 个贻贝袋。根据 RINBIO 网络，所有研究污染物的结果都与法国沿海的结果相当。这些相似之处既涉及最高测量水平，也涉及整个 123 个站点的背景水平。受影响最大的地区主要是城市和工业中心以及主要河流的入海口，与金属相比，有机物的稀释对远海的影响更大。远海区域测量到的金属水平与生活在沿海的天然贝类种群的金属水平相似。在全球范围内，我们可以观察到地中海的污染物水平与世界其他地区的水平相当。总体而言，该研究证明了这种方法在海洋污染监测方面的可靠性，特别是在地中海地区。
