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Bryan, GW, Langston, WJ and Hummerstone, LG 1980 The use of biological indicators of heavy metal contamination in estuaries. Occasional Publication of the Marine Biological Association 1. Plymouth (UK), Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. (UNSPECIFIED)
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The use of the deposit-feeding molluscs Scrobicularia plana and Macoma balthica and the burrowing polychaete Nereis diversicolor as indicators of the biological availability of heavy metals in sediments has been evaluated. Concentrations of Ag, As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sn and Zn have been measured in organisms and sediments from more than 30 estuaries in south west England and South Wales and indicate that the biological availability of most metals varies by order of magnitude between uncontaminated and contaminated sites. The results have been compared with those obtained with the use of other species of indicator organisms in estuaries.
| Item Type: | Publication - Report (UNSPECIFIED) |
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| Additional Keywords: | Chemical pollution Metals Estuaries Wales English Channel Bristol Channel MBA Occasional Publication |
| Subjects: | Ecology and Environment |
| Divisions: | Marine Biological Association of the UK > Other (MBA) |
| Depositing User: | EPrints Services |
| Date made live: | 15 Nov 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Jun 2017 15:46 |
| URI: | https://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/273 |
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