ArticleEnvironmental monitoring and assessment2015
Bioaccumulation of metals in three freshwater mussel species exposed in situ during and after dredging at a coal ash spill site (Tennessee Valley Authority Kingston Fossil Plant).
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- Effect of Seasonality on the Contamination of Mussels (Perna perna) and Swimming Crabs (Achelous spinimanus) by Essential and Toxic Metals and the Health Risks of the Consumer Population on the Southeast Coast of Brazil.Biological trace element research · 2025Article
- Simplified Mercury Extraction from Coal Fly Ash for Quantification of Total Mercury by ELISA-based Immunoassay.Analytical sciences : the international journal of the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry · 2020Article
- Relationship between levels of the heavy metals lead, cadmium and mercury, and metallothionein in the gills and stomach ofF1000Research · 2018Article
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Abstract
On December 22, 2008, a dike containing coal fly ash at the Tennessee Valley Authority Kingston Fossil Plant (TN, USA) failed, and within months, dredging operations began to remove ash-contaminated sediments. The purpose of this study was to investigate differences in the bioaccumulation of metals in three mussel species during and after dredging operations. Mussels were caged for approximately 1 year during dredging and after, and then mussel condition index values and As, Cd, Cr, Pb, Ni, Se, Hg, U, Fe, Mg, Al, Sb, Ba, Be, Co, Cu, Mn, Mo, Ag, Sr, Tl, V, and Zn concentrations in soft tissue were determined via inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometery. Overall, the differences observed in metal bioaccumulation and mussel health suggest that mussels in the immediate downstream area of the dredging site may have been impacted, as evidenced by a significant decrease in mussel condition index values, but that this impact did not result in increased tissue concentrations of metals.
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