Concentrations of heavy and precious metals in animals from hydrothermal vents of the Axial Seamount (Juan de Fuca Ridge) and Guaymas Basin (Gulf of California)

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A series of samples of inhabitants of hydrothermal vents were collected during the 12-th cruise ofR/V Akademik Mstislav Keldysh in Guaymas Basin (the Gulf of California) and the Axial Seamount area (Juan de Fuca Ridge). Concentrations of trace and heavy metals in the tissues of Ridgeia piscesae, Riftia pachyptila, and Paralvinella palmiformis were analyzed. Neutron-activation analysis revealed significantly higher concentrations of uranium in tissues of Paralvinella palmiformis as compared to ambient seawater. Possible reasons for such phenomenon are discussed. The data obtained by neutron-activation method are compared with those obtained by atomic-absorption method for the same tissues analyzed.

Supplement to: Shmelev, Igor P; Kuznetsov, Alexey A; Galkin, Sergey V (2009): Heavy metals in the benthic animals from hydrothermal vents: Results of neutron activation analysis. Oceanology, 49(3), 429-431

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.727236
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437009030151
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.727236
Provenance
Creator Shmelev, Igor P; Kuznetsov, Alexey A; Galkin, Sergey V
Publisher PANGAEA
Contributor P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Publication Year 2009
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
OpenAccess true
Representation
Resource Type Supplementary Dataset; Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 121 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-130.050W, 27.050S, -111.383E, 45.967N); Axial Seamount, Juan de Fuca Ridge; Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California
Temporal Coverage Begin 1986-09-16T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 1986-10-18T00:00:00Z