Gulf coast National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Status and Trends mussel watch: The first four years
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Date
1990
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Marine Technology Society
Abstract
Oysters have been employed as bioindicator organisms to characterize the current status and long-term trends for trace elements and organic contaminants. Sampling sites (50-69), distributed throughout the Gulf of Mexico and away from known point sources of input, are sampled yearly to provide a geographical description of the chronic contaminant loading of the entire Gulf on a regional basis. The general trend is contaminant concentrations that show no significant changes during the four-year sampling period. However, certain sites have experienced significant changes in contaminant concentration.
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p. 274-280
Keywords
indicator species, oysters, organic compounds, trace elements, chemical compounds, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)