The Mussel Watch
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Environmental Conservation
- Vol. 5 (2), 101-125
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0376892900005555
Abstract
The levels of four sets of pollutants (heavy-metals, artificial radionuclides, petroleum components, and halogenated hydrocarbons), have been measured in U.S. coastal waters, using bivalves as sentinel organisms. The strategies of carrying out this programme are outlined and the results from the first year's work are given. Varying degrees of pollution in U.S. coastal waters have been indicated by elevated levels of pollutants in the bivalves, which comprised certain species of mussels and oysters and were collected at over one hundred localities.Keywords
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