Mar Pollut Bull. 2021 Jul 12;171:112680. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112680. Online ahead of print.
ABSTRACT
Statistically distinct ‘high’, ‘moderate’ and ‘low’ metal contamination positions were distinguished across five Sydney estuary embayments for total sedimentary metal concentrations of Ni, Pb and Zn. While statistically distinct total sedimentary As, Cd, Co and Cu concentrations were indicated for the ‘low’ position samples. Mangrove (Avicennia marina) pneumatophore tissue metal concentrations from ‘high’ position trees were statistically distinct for Cd, Ni, Pb and Zn, while root tissue samples from ‘low’ position trees were statistically distinct for As, Cd and Zn. Outcomes from CAP, simple linear regression and DISTLM modelling indicated sedimentary metals were predominantly assimilated into mangrove root tissue, with smaller uptake into pneumatophore tissue. A comparison of floristic tissue metal concentrations indicated mangrove (A. marina) root tissue assimilated higher sedimentary metal concentrations than leaf and root tissue of seagrasses (Zostera capricorni and Halophila ovalis), which had relatively higher metal concentrations than those from pneumatophore and leaf mangrove tissue.
PMID:34265551 | DOI:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112680
