Blue mussels and Pacific oysters in Belgian coastal harbours as test organisms for environmental stress

• Main Authors: Rappé, K., Vincx, M.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Biological stress; Test organisms; Crassostrea gigas [Portuguese oyster]; Mytilus edulis; ANE; Belgium; Belgian Coast; Inner Harbour; Pacific; Crassostrea gigas
• Online Access: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=121975

Harbours receive, as semi-enclosed structures, high loads of chemical substances through river inputs, direct discharges (oil spills) as well as by indirect ways such as shipping traffic, atmospheric deposition, wastewater, etc. This means that organisms living in harbours are exposed to a wide rang...