Bioindicators to detect pollution from dumping sites and landfills : bioaccumulation in Mytilus edulis and Nucella lapillus in Iceland

• Main Author: Urbschat, Mæva Marlene, 1956-
• Other Authors: Háskólinn á Akureyri
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Líftækni; Sjávarvistfræði; Sorpeyðing; Mengunarvarnir; Reykjavík; Varpa; Gufunes; Iceland; Nucella lapillus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/15364

This study is an attempt to explain a complex environmental situation at the shore beneath a dumping site in Iceland. Heavy metals, originated outside Iceland, are distributed by oceanic currents and airpollution. Another pathway to Icelandic nature are products, containing heavy metals, which are t...