EVIDENCE FOR MEL TW ATER INFLUENCE ON HEAVY METAL ACCUMULATION IN THE ANTARCTIC LIMPET NACELLA CONCINNA IN COASTAL WATERS OFF ROTHERA STATION, ANTARCTICA

• Main Author: Grand, Maxime
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Plymouth 2006
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; Rothera; Nacella; Adelaide Island; Rothera Research Station; Rothera Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; British Antarctic Survey
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10026.2/882

This paper investigates the processes influencing the concentrations of thirteen heavy metals (Ag, AI, As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb Ti, Zn) in four benthic invertebrate species collected from Rothera Research Station, Adelaide Island, Antarctica. The species stu,died included the patellid limp...