A non-lethal method to assess element content in the endangered Pinna nobilis.

ABSTRACT: The fan shell Pinna nobilis is the largest bivalve endemic to the Mediterranean and is actually a strongly endangered species. Due to the biological, ecological, and historical relevance of this species, the research of a non-lethal method to relate the element content in organism's tissues and environment can provide information potentially useful to evaluate environmental pollution and organism physiological status. In this study, a screening on element concentration in the animal growing environment (seawater and sediments) and in four soft tissues (hepatopancreas, gills, mantle, and muscle), and two acellular tissues (calcite shell layer, and byssus) was performed. The comparison among these results was used to assess whether the no-lethal acellular tissue element concentration can be

SUBMITTER: Montroni D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8478926 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature