Chemical elements in Mediterranean macroalgae. A review
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This review analyzes the state of knowledge on the capacity of Mediterranean macroalgae to accumulate, tolerate and biomonitor macro- and micro-elements present in seawater and sediments. The results show that the investigated macroalgal species amount to c. 5.0% of all Mediterranean native Rhodophyta, Chlorophyta and Ochrophyta. The most commonly analyzed elements in algae were Pb, Cd, Zn and Cu, whereas very few studies were available for macroelements such as Ca and K. Uptake mechanisms and the factors influencing accumulation are overall well known, but the available studies are restricted to a limited number of chemical elements and algal species. This review also shows that macroalgae can accumulate and tolerate high concentrations of chemical elements, and can act as effective bioindicators of marine pollution. Phytotoxic limits for algal species are not clearly identified by the available studies and require further investigation. Future research should focus on the development of protocols for long-term biomonitoring programmes through the use of macroalgae. Future studies also need to investigate the biomagnification of toxic trace elements in macroalgae-based food webs.
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Macroalgae can be divided into three large groups: Chlorophytas (green algae) and Rhodophytas (red algae), both in the Plantae kingdom, and Ochrophytas (mostly Phaeophyceae, brown seaweed), in the Protista kingdom.
“Much of the literature agrees that macroalgae can be divided into 3 large groups: The Chlorophytas, commonly known as green algae, the Rhodophytas or red algae, both included in the Plantae kingdom; and the Ochrophytas, mostly classified in the Phaeophyceae class.”
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- Authors
- Bonanno, G., & Orlando-Bonaca, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Catania (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Bonanno, Giuseppe
- ORCID
- Bonanno, Giuseppe
- Venue
- Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-02
- Volume
- 148
- Pages
- 44-71
- ISSN
- 0147-6513 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2762921386
- Cited by
- 74
- References
- 118
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 3
- FWCI
- 0.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Slovenian Research Agency (P1-0237)
- Catania University (Italy)
- Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine and coastal plant biology
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Heavy metals in environment
- Keywords
- seaweed, heavy metal accumulation, trace elements, bioindicators, marine pollution, phytotoxicity, uptake mechanism, marine sediment, lead, cadmium, zinc, copper, macroelements, biomagnification, food webs, red algae, Chlorophyta, Ochrophyta
- MeSH terms
- Chlorophyta, Rhodophyta, Environmental Monitoring, Mediterranean Sea, Seawater, Seaweed, Trace Elements, Water Pollutants, Chemical, Food Chain
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