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Bioavailability of heavy metals for the deposit feeder Macoma baltica with special emphasis on copper / Maria Christina Petronella Absil.

By: Absil, Maria Christina Petronella.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: CEMO/NIOO communication: nr. 665Publisher: Wageningen : Landbouwuniversiteit, 1993Description: 171 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9054851848; 9789054851844.Subject(s): BENTHOS | MACOMA BALTICA | BIOAVAILABILITY | HEAVY METALS | COPPER | TOXICOLOGY | BIVALVES | ECOTOXICOLOGY | DIATOMS | SEDIMENTS | MODELS | ESTUARINE ECOLOGY | POLLUTION | NETHERLANDS | THESESHoldings: GRETA POINT: 574.64 ABS Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Separation of 64Cu uptake via water and via food by Macoma balthica -- 3. Availability of 64Cu from phytoplankton and water for the bivalve Macoma balthica -- 4. The relation between salinity and copper complexing capacity of natural estuarine waters and the uptake of dissolved 64Cu by Macoma balthica -- 5. Accumulation and effects of copper, cadmium and zinc from spiked aged sediments on Macoma balthica -- 6. The influence of sediment, food and organic ligands on the uptake of dissolved copper by Macoma balthica in long term experiments -- 7. Concentrations of selected heavy metals in benthic diatoms and sediment in the Westerschelde Estuary -- 8. A simulation model for growth and heavy metal uptake by the deposit feeder Macoma balthica -- Summary and concluding remarks -- Samenvatting en conclusie -- Curriculum vitae.
Dissertation note: Thesis (doctoral) - Landbouwuniversiteit (Wageningen, Netherlands), 1993
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Thesis (doctoral) - Landbouwuniversiteit (Wageningen, Netherlands), 1993

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Introduction -- 2. Separation of 64Cu uptake via water and via food by Macoma balthica -- 3. Availability of 64Cu from phytoplankton and water for the bivalve Macoma balthica -- 4. The relation between salinity and copper complexing capacity of natural estuarine waters and the uptake of dissolved 64Cu by Macoma balthica -- 5. Accumulation and effects of copper, cadmium and zinc from spiked aged sediments on Macoma balthica -- 6. The influence of sediment, food and organic ligands on the uptake of dissolved copper by Macoma balthica in long term experiments -- 7. Concentrations of selected heavy metals in benthic diatoms and sediment in the Westerschelde Estuary -- 8. A simulation model for growth and heavy metal uptake by the deposit feeder Macoma balthica -- Summary and concluding remarks -- Samenvatting en conclusie -- Curriculum vitae.

In English, summary in Dutch

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