version 17.10.03

• Main Authors: Loads To, Key Message
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1986
• Subjects: North East Atlantic
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.462.7830; http://www.hce.it/sea/IMG/pdf/HS_fact_sheet_Cd_151102.pdf

☺ Estimated direct and riverine inputs of cadmium into the north-east Atlantic have decreased between 1990–99, which shows the effects of emission reduction target setting in OSPAR and EU. ☺ Estimated atmospheric inputs of cadmium into the North Sea have decreased between 1987 and 1995, showing the effect of air pollution abatement policies in the countries surrounding the North Sea. ☺ Estimations indicate an inconsistent but decreasing trend for cadmium in mussels from both the north-east Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. Estimations indicated no general trends were evident for concentrations in cod liver or herring muscle. Estimations for inputs and concentrations in mussels and fish have been derived from data that are unbalanced, incomplete or both. (A) Direct and riverine inputs of cadmium into the north-east Atlantic and atmospheric input into the North Sea. Reported loads from Priority Point Sources in Romania shown for comparison, adjusted to 50 % in 1997. (B) Cadmium concentrations in blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) from the north-east Atlantic and Mediterranean mussel (M. galloprovincialis) from the Mediterranean. 0