The estimation of sea water quality at the Montenegrin coast for mussels farming
2011
Stanković, S., Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, Belgrade (Serbia) | Marković, J., Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade (Serbia) | Joksimović, D., Institute for Marine Biology, Kotor (Montenegro)
This study, initiated from fall 2005–spring 2007, is related to wild mussels because of their hand-collection for human consumption and the expansion of mussel aquaculture in Montenegro, especially in area of the Bay after the year 2000. The aim of this work was to determine the sea water characteristics and the trace metals levels of Zn, Cu, Pb, Cd, As and Hg in the soft tissue of wild mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis collected on the Montenegrin costal area to estimate the sea water quality for mussels farming in this part of the Adriatic. Comparing the metal levels in mussels from different Adriatic areas (Scancar et al., 2007; Cardellicchio et al., 2008; Stankovic et al., 2011), the obtained data indicates that the metal levels found in the wild Mytilus galloprovincialis from the Montenegrin coastal area are similar to the metal levels reported from other Adriatic areas. It is oblivious from water classifications related to the metal concentrations in wild mussels, before their consumption, that they have to be depurated. As this was a pilot study to evaluate the environmental quality of the coastal waters of Montenegro for future mussels farming, the continued monitoring of this sea area is necessary in order to control the water quality and amount of heavy metals in mussels for human consumption.
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