Field studies using the oyster Crassostrea virginica to determine mercury accumulation and depuration rates
Date
1993
Authors
Palmer, S.J.
Presley, B.J.
Taylor, R.J.
Powell, E.N.
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Abstract
In order to better understand the behavior of mercury in Lavaca Bay, the rate and amount of mercury a clean oyster would accumulate when transplanted to a contaminated estuary and the rate of mercury depuration by contaminated oysters placed in a clean environment were investigated. Oysters were also analyzed for Ba, Cu, Fe, P, and Zn to test for involvement with mercury accumulation and depuration.
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p. 464-470
Keywords
American oyster (Crassostrea virginica), self purification, bioaccumulation, mercury