Assessment and monitoring of water quality of the gulf of Morbihan, a littoral ecosystem under high anthropic pressure

• Published in: Marine Pollution Bulletin
• Main Authors: Le Grand, A., Maxime, V., Kedzierski, M., Duval, H., Douzenel, P., Sire, O., Le Tilly, V.
• Other Authors: Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS), Institut de Recherche Dupuy de Lôme (IRDL), École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Brest (ENIB)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées Bretagne (ENSTA Bretagne)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ASPEET grant from the Universite Bretagne Sud, SERPBIO foundation, city of Locmariaquer, AQUASTER grant from Region Bretagne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2017
• Subjects: Littoral water monitoring; Enzyme response index; Estrogenic endocrine disrupters; Crassostrea gigas; Gulf of Morbihan; [SPI]Engineering Sciences [physics]
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-01697241; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.07.003

International audience This field study is intended to propose a global methodology to assess and monitor the water quality of the gulf of Morbihan, a littoral ecosystem under increasing anthropic pressure. To this end, the Locmariaquer site, where Crassostrea gigas is extensively cultivated, was se...