Combined effects of cadmium and salinity on development and survival of flounder eggs

Like most heavy metals, cadmium is only found in minute amounts in natural sea water. Krauskopf (1956) stated that cadmium concentration of normal sea water ranges from 0.032 to 0.075 PPb (μg/l −1 ) while Goldberg (1965) gave a somewhat higher value of 0.11 ppb. Cadmium concentrations determined by...

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Published in:Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Main Authors: Westernhagen, H. Von, Dethlefsen, V.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1975
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400017835
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Summary:Like most heavy metals, cadmium is only found in minute amounts in natural sea water. Krauskopf (1956) stated that cadmium concentration of normal sea water ranges from 0.032 to 0.075 PPb (μg/l −1 ) while Goldberg (1965) gave a somewhat higher value of 0.11 ppb. Cadmium concentrations determined by Preston (1973) for the North-East Atlantic Ocean range from <0.01 to 0.41 ppb, and similar values have been found by Windom & Smith (1972) in the West- and Chester & Stoner (1974) in the South Atlantic Ocean (0.04–0.17 ppb).