Biological monitoring of heavy-metal contamination in coastal waters off Casey Station, Windmill Islands, East Antarctica

Heavy-metal concentrations were determined in tissues of different species of benthic invertebrates collected in the Casey region (Australian Antarctic Territory) where an old waste-disposal tip site is a source of contamination. The species studied included the bivalve Laternula elliptica, starfish...

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Published in:Polar Biology
Main Authors: Duquesne, Sabine, Riddle, M.J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Springer 2002
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Online Access:https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=5450
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-001-0328-9