Evaluating trace element bioavailability and potential transfer into marine food chains using immobilised diatom model species Phaeodactylum tricornutum , on King George Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Marine Pollution Bulletin
• Main Authors: Cabrita, Maria Teresa, Padeiro, Ana, Amaro, Eduardo, dos Santos, Margarida Correia, Leppe, Marcelo, Verkulich, Sergey, Hughes, Kevin A., Peter, Hans-Ulrich, Canário, João
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: King George Island; South Shetland Islands; Fildes; Fildes peninsula; Ardley; Ardley Cove; Bellingshausen Dome; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517220/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.05.059

In order to evaluate trace element bioavailability and potential transfer into marine food chains in human impacted areas of the Fildes Peninsula (King George Island, South Shetland Islands Archipelago), element levels (Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb) were determined in water, sediments, phytoplankton,...