Chthamalus montagui as biomonitor of metal contamination in the northwest coast of Portugal |
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| Authors: | Pedro A Reis Maria Antónia Salgado Vitor Vasconcelos |
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| Institution: | CIMAR/CIIMAR-Centro Interdisciplinar de Investiga??o Marinha e Ambiental, Universidade do Porto, Rua dos Bragas, 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal. |
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| Abstract: | The concentrations of seven metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni and Zn) were determined in coastal seawaters and soft and hard tissues of the barnacle Chthamalus montagui from the northwest coast of Portugal to assess the potential use of C. montagui as biomonitor of metal contamination. The results of this study showed that C. montagui soft tissues can be used for monitoring metal bioavailabilities in these coastal seawaters: (1) there were significant correlations (p?
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