Twentieth century overview of heavy metals in the Galician Rias (NW Iberian Peninsula)

R Prego, A Cobelo-Garcıa - Environmental Pollution, 2003 - Elsevier
The 18 Galician Rias, comprising 25% of the Iberian Peninsula coastline, form a unique
system within the European continental Atlantic coast and provide a useful reference area …

Retrospective environmental biomonitoring–Mussel Watch expanded

BR Schöne, RA Krause Jr - Global and Planetary Change, 2016 - Elsevier
Monitoring bioavailable contaminants and determining baseline conditions in aquatic
environments has become an important aspect of ecology and ecotoxicology. Since the mid …

Distribution and statistical analysis of leachable and total heavy metals in the sediments of the Suez Gulf

AE Nemr, A Khaled, AE Sikaily - Environmental monitoring and …, 2006 - Springer
The concentrations of nine heavy metals (Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pd and Zn) in the labile
and total fractions of muddy and sandy sediment samples collected from twelve sites in Suez …

Rare earth elements in mussel shells of the Mytilidae family as tracers for hidden and fossil high-temperature hydrothermal systems

M Bau, S Balan, K Schmidt, A Koschinsky - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2010 - Elsevier
Bathymodiolus mussels of the Mytilidae family live in ecological niches at marine vent sites
where hydrothermal fluids discharge at the seafloor and mix with ambient seawater. We …

A commentary on the use of bivalve mollusks in monitoring metal pollution levels

CK Yap, M Sharifinia, WH Cheng, SA Al-Shami… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The objective of this commentary is to promote the use of bivalves as biomonitors, which is a
part of the continual efforts of the International Mussel Watch. This commentary is an …

Trace metal concentrations in Mediterranean blue mussel and surface sediments and evaluation of the mussels quality and possible risks of high human consumption

D Joksimovic, I Tomic, AR Stankovic, M Jovic… - Food chemistry, 2011 - Elsevier
The concentrations of trace metals (Fe, Zn, Mn, Ni, Cu, Co and Cr) were determined for the
first time in Mediterranean blue mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) and surface sediments …

Distribution and relationships of trace metals in soft tissue, byssus and shells of Mytilus edulis trossulus from the southern Baltic

P Szefer, K Frelek, K Szefer, CB Lee, BS Kim… - Environmental …, 2002 - Elsevier
Concentrations of Hg, Cd, Pb, Ag, Cu, Zn, Cr, Ni, Co, Mn, and Fe in soft tissues, shells and
byssus of blue mussel (Mytilus edulis trossulus) from 23 sites along the Polish coast of the …

Experimental studies of impacts of harbour sediments resuspension to marine invertebrates larvae: bioavailability of Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn and toxicity

D Fichet, G Radenac, P Miramand - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 1998 - Elsevier
The larvae of three marine species (Artemia salina, Crassostrea gigas, Paracentrotus
lividus) reared within the suspended particulate phases of contaminated sediments from …

Can the shell of the green-lipped mussel Perna viridis from the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia be a potential biomonitoring material for Cd, Pb and Zn?

CK Yap, A Ismail, SG Tan, IA Rahim - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2003 - Elsevier
The distributions of Cd, Pb and Zn in the total soft tissues and total shells of the green-lipped
mussel Perna viridis were studied in field collected samples as well as from laboratory …

Ulva and Enteromorpha as indicators of heavy metal pollution

R Villares, X Puente, A Carballeira - Hydrobiologia, 2001 - Springer
We studied the use of two genera of green macroalgae, Ulva and Enteromorpha, as
indicators of heavy metal contamination on the northwest coast of Spain. We evaluated the …