Size effect on the mineralogy and chemistry of Mytilus trossulus shells from the southern Baltic Sea: implications for environmental monitoring

• DOI: 10.1007/s10661-017-5901-y
• Publication Date: 2017-03-30T03:48:34Z
• Authors: Anna Piwoni-Pióre...; Piotr Kukliński; Stanislav Strekop...; Emma Humphreys-Wi...; Jens Najorka; Anna Iglikowska
• Keywords: Deposition

Mussels have the ability to control biomineral production and chemical composition, producing shells with a range of functions. In addition biological control, environment also seems influence process biomineralization; thus, can be used as archives ambient water parameters during calcium carbonate deposition. Past present environmental conditions are recorded in form various proxies including Mg/Ca or Sr/Ca ratios. For such accurate robust, effects size studied organism must examined eliminated minimized, so that signal efficiently extracted. This study considers mineralogy elemental composition representing four classes Mytilus trossulus from Baltic Sea. Obtained results suggest change throughout shell development due most likely combination factors. The content aragonite increases increasing size, while bulk concentrations Na, Cd, Cu, U, V, Zn Pb were found decrease height shells. Therefore, using mussels for monitoring requires analysis individuals same range.