Table 3.
Metal ion contents in foot tissue and byssus of the golden mussel Limnoperna fortunei as detected by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.
| Organ | Metal ion content (Foot: mg·g tissue−1/Byssus: mg·g byssus−1) and percentage | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ca2+ | Mg2+ | Zn2+ | Fe3+ | Al3+ | Mn7+ | Pb4+ | |
| Foot | 35.59 ± 3.55 | 26.37 ± 3.29 | 23.28 ± 2.00 | 1.65 ± 0.34 | 3.48 ± 0.48 | 0.15 ± 0.23 | (33.54 ± 4.21) × 10−3 |
| Percentage | 38.80% | 28.75% | 25.38% | 1.80% | 3.79% | 0.16% | 0.04% |
| Byssus | 3.58 ± 0.44 | 3.81 ± 0.24 | 0.32 ± 0.05 | 0.92 ± 0.13 | 1.16 ± 0.28 | 0.16 ± 0.02 | (20.40 ± 3.55) × 10−3 |
| Percentage | 34.09% | 36.25% | 3.02% | 8.76% | 11.02% | 1.55% | 0.15% |
| Organ | Metal ion content (Foot: mg·g tissue−1/ Byssus: mg·g byssus−1) and percentage | ||||||
| Cu2+ | Hg2+ | B3+ | Mo6+ | Ni2+ | Sr2+ | ||
| Foot | 0.08 ± 0.01 | 0.13 ± 0.03 | 0.13 ± 0.04 | (2.14 ± 0.42) × 10−3 | 0.42 ± 0.36 | 0.41 ± 0.13 | |
| Percentage | 0.09% | 0.14% | 0.15% | <0.01% | 0.46% | 0.45% | |
| Byssus | 0.08 ± 0.01 | (2.18 ± 0.53) × 10−3 | 0.31 ± 0.03 | (1.36 ± 0.57) × 10−3 | 0.06 ± 0.01 | 0.09 ± 0.02 | |
| Percentage | 0.76% | 0.02% | 2.92% | 0.01% | 0.55% | 0.89% | |