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TI Brachidontes variabilis and Patella sp as quantitative biological indicators for cadmium, lead and mercury in the Lebanese coastal waters
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AF NAKHLE, Khaled
   COSSA, Daniel
   KHALAF, Ghaby
   BELIAEFF, Benoit
AS 1:1;2:2;3:1;4:2;
FF 1:;2:PDG-DOP-DCN-BE-LBCM;3:;4:PDG-DPS;
C1 Natl Ctr Sci Res, Natl Ctr Marine Sci, Batroun, Lebanon.
   IFREMER, F-44311 Nantes 03, France.
C2 CNRS, LEBANON
   IFREMER, FRANCE
SI NANTES
SE PDG-DOP-DCN-BE-LBCM
   PDG-DPS
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-int-hors-europe
   copubli-sud
IF 2.769
TC 25
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-1344.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Lebanon;Mediterranean Sea;Bioconcentration factors;Patella sp;Brachidontes variabilis;Bioindicator;Trace metal
AB The mussel, Brachidontes variabilis, and the limpet, Patella sp., were used as indicators to monitor cadmium, lead and mercury concentrations along the Lebanese coast. Studies were carried out in order to define the best strategy for assessing and minimizing the effects of size and physiological condition on the metal contents of the molluscs, and corrective models were constructed. Metal concentrations in surface water were measured to estimate bioconcentration factors (BCFs). The BCFs varied from 8.3 x 10(3) to 3.4 x 10(4), from 7.5 x 10(3) to 8.0 X 10(3) and from 3.0 x 10(4) to 3.2 x 10(4), for Cd, Pb and Hg, respectively. For limpets, BCFs varied from 1.7 x 10(4) to 7.4 x 10(4) for Cd, from 2.5 x 10(3) to 6 x 103 for Pb and remained fairly constant at around 104 for Hg. The highest BCFs were associated with lowest contamination levels. The results of the geographical survey exhibited a similar large-scale spatial pattern for the two species and followed the metal concentration distributions measured in the waters. 
PY 2006
PD JUN
SO Environmental Pollution
SN 0269-7491
PU Elsevier
VL 142
IS 1
UT 000237644600009
BP 73
EP 82
DI 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.09.016
ID 1344
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