ArticleCommunications biology2023
Bioaccumulation and biomagnification of heavy metals in marine micro-predators.
Article in Communications biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Multi-omics insights into bacterial and fungal bioremediation of Potentially Toxic Elements (PTEs): a critical overview of their applications.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2026Review
- Metal Bioavailability in Sediments and Bioaccumulation in Edible Fishes from Caranzalem Beach, Goa, India.Biological trace element research · 2026Article
- A Heavy Metal and Trace Element Biomonitoring Study in a Young Cohort (Aged 18-24) in Istanbul, Turkey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Bioaccumulation and Trophic Transfer of Heavy Metals in Marine Fish: Ecological and Ecosystem-Level Impacts.Journal of xenobiotics · 2025Review
- Chemical pollution drives taxonomic and functional shifts in marine sediment microbiome, influencing benthic metazoans.ISME communications · 2025Article
- OCTN1 (SLC22A4) as a Target of Heavy Metals: Its Possible Role in Microplastic Threats.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
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Abstract
Nematodes represent >3/5 of the abundance of the world's metazoans and usually account for nearly 90% of the total benthic fauna, playing a key ecological role in the benthic ecosystem functioning on a global scale. These small metazoans include a relevant number of microscopic predators and, in turn, are the most abundant preys of macro-megafauna and fish juveniles thus playing a key role in marine food webs. Here, using two independent approaches, we test the bioaccumulation in marine nematodes of several heavy metals present in contaminated sediments. We report here that nematodes, despite their short life cycle and small size, bioaccumulate significantly heavy metals. Bioaccumulation increases from deposit feeders and microalgal grazers to predators of microbes and other tiny metazoans. These results suggest that nematodes also contribute to their biomagnification along the food webs and can contribute to increase the transfer of contaminants from the sediments to larger organisms.
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