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MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections MEPS 383:151-160 (2009) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08016 Inter-individual variations in cadmium and zinc biodynamics in the scallop Chlamys nobilis Ke Pan, Wen-Xiong Wang* Department of Biology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong *Corresponding author. Email: wwang@ust.hk ABSTRACT: Intraspecific variability in the bioaccumulation of metals has been widely recorded in marine invertebrates, including marine bivalves. In the present study, we used biokinetic modelling and metal subcellular partitioning approaches to understand the intraspecific variability of metal bioaccumulation (Cd and Zn) in the scallop Chlamys nobilis as a model organism. Significant individual differences in metal body burdens were found in C. nobilis. Cd concentrations varied by 3-fold and concentrations of Zn varied by 10-fold for individuals with similar body sizes. Contrasting metal biokinetics and metal subcellular partitioning were observed in different individuals. There was no significant relationship between the metal body burden and the dissolved metal uptake rate or the dietary assimilation efficiency in the individual scallops. However, a significant negative relationship was found between the metal efflux rate and the respective metal body burden, suggesting that efflux rate plays a key role in determining the intraspecific differences in the metal body burden in the tissues of scallops. Subcellular partitioning was closely related to the metal body burden in the scallops as well. A lower efflux rate or a higher proportion of metals stored in non-toxic form contributed to higher metal body burdens in individual scallops. Intrinsic variation may provide a population with more plasticity to counteract spatially or temporally abrupt environmental changes, and may be important for survival of microevolutionary events. Our results provide important information for interpreting the variability observed in natural environments. KEY WORDS: Cadmium · Zinc · Scallops · Biokinetic model · Intraspecific difference Full text in pdf format PreviousNextCite this article as: Pan K, Wang WX (2009) Inter-individual variations in cadmium and zinc biodynamics in the scallop Chlamys nobilis. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 383:151-160. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08016 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in MEPS Vol. 383. Online publication date: May 14, 2009 Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599 Copyright © 2009 Inter-Research.
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