Biomonitoring Climate Change and Pollution in Marine Ecosystems: A Review on Aulacomya ater

Table 1

Comparison of heavy metal mean content in whole A. ater with related bivalves.

	Cd	Cr	Pb	Cu	Zn	Mn	Mn
A. ater	1.7	2.5	7	0.575	13650	0.84	0.31
M. chilensis	1.5	2	4	0.67	15.7	2.85	—
M. edulis	1.26	—	—	0.98	61	44.7	5
M. galloprovincialis	1.3	1.6	18	21	183	14.1	56.3

Values are given in g/g dry weight. Data was taken from Tapia et al., 2010 [13] (Chili), Di Salvatore et al., 2013 [14] (Argentina), Phillips, 1976 [15] (Australia), Birch and Apostolatos, 2013 [16] (Australia), Catsiki and Florou, 2006 [17] (Greece), Szefer et al., 2002 [18] (Baltic Sea), and España et al., 2007 [19] (Chili).