Understanding the impact of silver as an emerging contaminant in the Ibaizabal and Gironde estuaries

• Main Author: Rementeria Ugalde, Ane
• Other Authors: Environnements et Paléoenvironnements OCéaniques (EPOC), Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers (OASU), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Bordeaux, Jörg Schäfer, Beñat Zaldibar Aramburu
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2016
• Subjects: Oysters; Estuaries; Silver; Copper; Biomarkers; Huîtres; Estuaires; Argent; Cuivre; Biomarqueurs; [SDU.STU.GC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geochemistry; [SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology; environment; [SDV.TOX.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Toxicology/Ecotoxicology; Sentinelles; Crassostrea gigas
• Online Access: https://theses.hal.science/tel-01552293; https://theses.hal.science/tel-01552293/document; https://theses.hal.science/tel-01552293/file/REMENTERIA_UGALDE_ANE_2016.pdf

Estuaries have been subjected to a high human pressure which has led to the presence of pollutants in their waters and sediments including trace metals. The estuaries in the Bay of Biscay do not constitute an exception of this situation and the Ibaizabal and Gironde Estuaries are both very well know...