Contamination by Heavy Metals (Cd, Zn, Cu, and Hg) of Eight Fish Species in the Gironde Estuary (France)

• Main Authors: Durrieu, G., Maury Brachet, R., Girardin, M., Rochard, E., Boudou, A.
• Other Authors: LEESA ARCACHON, CEMAGREF BORDEAUX EPBX
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: CONTAMINATION CHIMIQUE; METAUX LOURDS; POLLUTION CHIMIQUE; POLLUTION DE L'EAU; ESTUAIRE; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTION; ESTUARIES; HEAVY METALS; WATER POLLUTION; Argentina; Mersey; Anguilla anguilla; European eel
• Online Access: https://irsteadoc.irstea.fr/cemoa/PUB00018359

The Gironde estuary, one of the largest in Europe, is considered as a reference ecological system, with all the western European diadromous fish species present. The national biomonitoring program on the coastal marine environment has revealed since 1979 severe metal pollution (mostly cadmium [Cd])...