Monitoring bioavailable contaminants and determining baseline conditions in aquatic
environments has become an important aspect of ecology and ecotoxicology. Since the mid …

Abstract Effects of contamination on aquatic organisms have been investigated and
employed as biomarkers in environmental quality assessment for years. A commonly …

This study examined the sediment metal fractions and availability to infer bioaccumulation in
marine harbor benthic organisms. Total metals were analyzed using atomic absorption …

The Paleogene to Neogene San Julián and Monte León formations underlie the central and
eastern parts of the Austral Basin (Patagonia, Argentina), and represent coastal plain to …

Bivalve molluscs are filter feeders, with pearl oysters able to filter water at rates up to 25 lh−
1g− 1 of dry wt. tissue. Since this process leads to rapid bioaccumulation of recalcitrant …

Tributyltin (TBT) and other pollutants are present in Patagonia, and are associated with
maritime traffic and human activities. Cause–effect relationship between TBT and imposex …

Mollusc shells have been widely used for monitoring the bioavailability of contaminants in
the aquatic environment. The present work examined malformations among the shells of the …

In a rapidly changing world, maintenance of the good health of the marine environment
requires a detailed understanding of its mechanisms of change, and the ability to detect …

The objective of this work was to find relations between organic and inorganic shell
components. Crassostrea gigas shells were analysed from live specimens collected at five …

Samples of shells of oysters and mussels from sea farm around the Santa Catarina Island in
south Brazil were collected and analyzed by DRX, FRX, SEM, CHN-S, FTIR, TG, AAS/Flame …