Vaezzadeh, Vahab and Thomes, Margaret William and Kunisue, Tatsuya and Tue, Nguyen Minh and Zhang, Gan and Zakaria, Mohamad Pauzi and Affendi, Yang Amri and Yap, Fook Choy and Chew, Li Lee and Teoh, Hong Wooi and Lee, Choon Weng and Bong, Chui Wei (2021) Examination of barnacles’ potential to be used as bioindicators of persistent organic pollutants in coastal ecosystem: A Malaysia case study. Chemosphere, 263. p. 128272. ISSN 0045-6535, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128272.
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Barnacles are ubiquitous in coastal ecosystems of different geographical regions worldwide. This is the first study attempting to assess the suitability of barnacles as bioindicators of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in coastal environments. Barnacles were collected from the coasts around Peninsular Malaysia and analyzed for POPs including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs). Among POPs, PCBs showed the highest concentrations with elevated contributions of CB28 and CB153. As for PBDEs, BDE47 was the most frequently detected congener, while BDE209 was detected in barnacles from two stations in Port Klang and the levels reached up to >70% of total PBDE concentrations. Concentrations of OCPs detected in barnacles were in the order of CHLs > DDTs > HCHs > HCB and 4,4′-DDE and cis- and trans-chlordane were the predominant OCP compounds. A comparison with previous studies in Malaysia showed consistent levels of POPs. Green mussels collected from selected barnacles’ habitats, for the sake of a comparison, showed almost similar profiles but lower concentrations of POPs. The spatial distribution of POPs observed in barnacles and comparison of POP levels and profiles with mussels indicated that barnacles can be useful bioindicators for monitoring POPs contamination in the coastal ecosystems. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia (HiCoE Phase II Fund, grant IOES-2014D), Fundamental Research Grant Scheme FP060-2019A, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology , Japan (MEXT) to a project on Joint Usage/Research Center, Leading Academia in Marine and Environment Pollution Research (LaMer), International Partnership Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences Grant No. 132744KYSB20170002 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Bivalve; POPs; Bioindicator; Barnacle; Mussel; Malaysia |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QD Chemistry Q Science > QH Natural history |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Institute of Biological Sciences Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation) Office > Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 07 May 2021 03:38 |
| Last Modified: | 07 May 2021 03:38 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/25968 |
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