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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2018

Zinc incorporation in marine bivalve shells grown in mine-polluted seabed sediments: a case study in the Malfidano mining area (SW Sardinia, Italy).

Daniela Medas, Ilaria Carlomagno, Carlo Meneghini, Giuliana Aquilanti, Tohru Araki, Diana E Bedolla, Carla Buosi, Maria Antonietta Casu, Alessandra Gianoncelli, Andrei C Kuncser and 2 more

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Daniela MedasDepartment of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. dmedas@unica.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9540-4635
Ilaria CarlomagnoDepartment of Sciences, University of Roma Tre, Rome, Italy.
Carlo MeneghiniDepartment of Sciences, University of Roma Tre, Rome, Italy.
Giuliana AquilantiElettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, Basovizza, Trieste, Italy.
Tohru ArakiDiamond Light Source, Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Oxfordshire, Didcot, UK.
Diana E BedollaElettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, Basovizza, Trieste, Italy.
Carla BuosiDepartment of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
Maria Antonietta CasuUOS of Cagliari, National Research Council, Scientific and Technological Park of Sardinia POLARIS, Institute of Translational Pharmacology, Pula, Italy.
Alessandra GianoncelliElettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, Basovizza, Trieste, Italy.
Andrei C KuncserLaboratory of Atomic Structures and Defects in Advanced Materials, National Institute of Materials Physics, Atomistilor 405A, Magurele, Romania.
V Adrian MaraloiuLaboratory of Atomic Structures and Defects in Advanced Materials, National Institute of Materials Physics, Atomistilor 405A, Magurele, Romania.
Giovanni De GiudiciDepartment of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.

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CERIC-ERIC Consortium 20152041, 20162061, 20167045Fondazione Banco di Sardegna (IT) F72F16003080002Regione Autonoma della Sardegna E58C16000080003
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Abstract

Zinc incorporation into marine bivalve shells belonging to different genera (Donax, Glycymeris, Lentidium, and Chamelea) grown in mine-polluted seabed sediments (Zn up to 1% w/w) was investigated using x-ray diffraction (XRD), chemical analysis, soft x-ray microscopy combined with low-energy x-ray fluorescence (XRF) mapping, x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). These bivalves grew their shells, producing aragonite as the main biomineral and they were able to incorporate up to 2.0-80 mg/kg of Zn, 5.4-60 mg/kg of Fe and 0.5-4.5 mg/kg of Mn. X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) analysis revealed that for all the investigated genera, Zn occurred as independent Zn mineral phases, i.e., it was not incorporated or adsorbed into the aragonitic lattice. Overall, our results indicated that Zn coordination environment depends on the amount of incorporated Zn. Zn phosphate was the most abundant species in Donax and Lentidium genera, whereas, Chamelea shells, characterized by the highest Zn concentrations, showed the prevalence of Zn-cysteine species (up to 56% of total speciation). Other Zn coordination species found in the investigated samples were Zn hydrate carbonate (hydrozincite) and Zn phosphate. On the basis of the coordination environments, it was deduced that bivalves have developed different biogeochemical mechanisms to regulate Zn content and its chemical speciation and that cysteine plays an important role as an active part of detoxification mechanism. This work represents a step forward for understanding bivalve biomineralization and its significance for environmental monitoring and paleoreconstruction.

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MiningAnimalsAnimal ShellsBivalviaEnvironmental MonitoringGeologic SedimentsItalyPhosphatesWater Pollutants, ChemicalZincZinc CompoundshydrozincitePhosphatesWater Pollutants, ChemicalZincZinc Compoundszinc phosphateBiomineralizationBivalveDetoxificationSynchrotron x-ray techniquesTrace metalsZinc

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