Transfer of Heavy Metals Through Three Components: Sediments, Plants and Fish in the Area with Previous Mining Activity

This study aims to evaluate the ecological risk and distribution of heavy metals in sediment, plants and fish in a seriously polluted water reservoir in Krompachy, Slovakia. Special attention was given to the different food web positions of individual fish species (predators, omnivores) and their si...

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Published in:Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology 2021-03, Vol.106 (3), p.485-492
Main Authors: Brázová, Tímea, Šalamún, Peter, Miklisová, Dana, Šestinová, Oľga, Findoráková, Lenka, Hanzelová, Vladimíra, Oros, Mikuláš
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Aquatic plants
Aquatic Pollution
Cadmium
China
Chromium
Copper
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecotoxicology
Environment
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Health
Environmental Monitoring
Environmental risk
Fish
Food chains
Food contamination
Food webs
Geologic Sediments
Heavy metals
Lead
Mercury
Mercury (metal)
Metals
Metals, Heavy - analysis
Mining
Muscles
Omnivores
Pollution
Predators
Risk Assessment
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
Sediment pollution
Sediments
Slovakia
Soil Science & Conservation
Trophic levels
Waste Water Technology
Water Management
Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis
Water pollution
Water Pollution Control
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Summary:This study aims to evaluate the ecological risk and distribution of heavy metals in sediment, plants and fish in a seriously polluted water reservoir in Krompachy, Slovakia. Special attention was given to the different food web positions of individual fish species (predators, omnivores) and their size. The degree of heavy metal contamination in sediments decreased in the order Cu > Pb > Cr > Hg > Cd, and their mutual proportion was largely consistent with concentrations found in aquatic plants, i.e. water sedges ( Carex acutiformis ). Of the seven fish species investigated, piscivorous perch ( Perca fluviatilis ) accumulated higher quantities of metal than fish situated at lower trophic levels. Interestingly, co-equal levels of heavy metals to those found in perch ( P. fluviatilis ) also occurred in rudd ( Scardinius erythrophthalmus ). The Hg values in some fish muscles exceeded the maximum permissible limits suggesting a persistent problem of old environmental burden from former mining activities.
ISSN:0007-4861
1432-0800
DOI:10.1007/s00128-021-03114-w