Demersal predator exposure to toxic organic contaminants: Direct effects of macrofauna in trophic transfer

The bioaccumulation and metabolism of organic contaminants (PAH, PCB) by three estuarine polychaetes, Nereis succinea (Frey and Leuckart 1847), Paraprionospio pinnata (Ehlers 1901) and Polydora ligni (Webster 1879), and by the fish predator, spot (Leiostomus xanthurus Lacepede 1802), were examined i...

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Main Author: Lay, Patrick Winfield
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: W&M ScholarWorks 1996
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539616733
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2300&context=etd