Accumulation of copper, zinc, cadmium and lead from two contaminated sediments by three marine invertebrates: a laboratory study

Journal Article · Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1981 · Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01622096· OSTI ID:6565887

Ray, S; McLeese, D W; Peterson, M R

Animals from areas with contaminated sediments have been shown in some cases to contain high levels of trace metals. In other cases, the tissue levels of contaminants were relatively constant regardless of the metal contents of the sediments. The availability of sediment-bound metals to bottom-dwelling organisms has been the subject of a few studies. This study describes the uptake of copper, zinc, cadmium and lead from natural, highly contaminated sediments by three marine invertebrates: Nereis virens, Macoma balthica and Crangon septemspinosa.

• Research Organization: Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, St. Andrews, New Brunswick
• OSTI ID: 6565887
• Journal Information: Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States), Vol. 26:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
CADMIUM
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
UPTAKE
COPPER
INVERTEBRATES
CONTAMINATION
LEAD
SEDIMENTS
ZINC
PARTICLE SIZE
ANIMALS
ELEMENTS
METALS
SIZE
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
560304* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology- Invertebrates- (-1987)