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Proceeding Paper

The Impact of Possible Mercury Source-Point Contamination in the Coastal Area of Skiathos Island †

by
Alexandra Spyropoulou
1,
Chrysi Laspidou
1,*,
Kostantinos Kormas
2 and
Yannis G. Lazarou
3
1
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Thessaly, 38334 Volos, Greece
2
Department of Ichthyology and Aquatic Environment, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Thessaly, 38446 Volos, Greece
3
Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, N.C.S.R. Demokritos, 15310 Athens, Greece
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
Presented at the 4th EWaS International Conference: Valuing the Water, Carbon, Ecological Footprints of Human Activities, Online, 24–27 June 2020.
Environ. Sci. Proc. 2020, 2(1), 50; https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2020002050
Published: 5 September 2020
(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 4th EWaS International Conference: Valuing the Water, Carbon, Ecological Footprints of Human Activities)
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In Skiathos Island the water is not potable due to mercury contamination and salinization. The mercury’s origin is natural due to the existence of cinnabar in the Skiathos aquifer as a mineral in the Earth’s crust. The possibility of mercury contaminants ending up in the coastal area was investigated through a field experiment. Mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) were employed as mercury monitoring biomarkers at the outflow of the wastewater treatment of the island. Using the RNA:DNA ratio, it was revealed that the organisms were stressed after three months of exposure to Skiathos’ coastal waters. The mercury concentration was directly measured at the bulk mussels’ tissue showing differences between the station located at the outflow of the WWT and the reference station. Although the results may imply mercury contamination in the coastal area of the island, the precise origin of the mercury in mussels is difficult to define.
Keywords: mercury; biomarkers; Mediterranean; caged mussels; Mytilus galloprovincialis mercury; biomarkers; Mediterranean; caged mussels; Mytilus galloprovincialis

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Spyropoulou, A.; Laspidou, C.; Kormas, K.; Lazarou, Y.G. The Impact of Possible Mercury Source-Point Contamination in the Coastal Area of Skiathos Island. Environ. Sci. Proc. 2020, 2, 50. https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2020002050

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Spyropoulou A, Laspidou C, Kormas K, Lazarou YG. The Impact of Possible Mercury Source-Point Contamination in the Coastal Area of Skiathos Island. Environmental Sciences Proceedings. 2020; 2(1):50. https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2020002050

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Spyropoulou, Alexandra, Chrysi Laspidou, Kostantinos Kormas, and Yannis G. Lazarou. 2020. "The Impact of Possible Mercury Source-Point Contamination in the Coastal Area of Skiathos Island" Environmental Sciences Proceedings 2, no. 1: 50. https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2020002050

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Spyropoulou, A., Laspidou, C., Kormas, K., & Lazarou, Y. G. (2020). The Impact of Possible Mercury Source-Point Contamination in the Coastal Area of Skiathos Island. Environmental Sciences Proceedings, 2(1), 50. https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2020002050

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