The role of two sediment-dwelling invertebrates on the mercury transfer from sediments to the estuarine trophic web

The annual total and organic mercury bioaccumulation pattern of Scrobicularia plana and Hediste diversicolor was assessed to evaluate the potential mercury transfer from contaminated sediments to estuarine food webs. S. plana was found to accumulate more total and organic mercury than H. diversicolo...

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Main Author: Coelho, J. P. (author)
Other Authors: Nunes, M. (author), Dolbeth, M. (author), Pereira, M. E. (author), Duarte, A. C. (author), Pardal, M. A. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2008
Subjects:
Hediste diversicolor
Scrobicularia plana
mercury
methylmercury
bioaccumulation
biological production
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/5288
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/5288

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http://hdl.handle.net/10316/5288

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