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Effect of size upon metal content of shellfish

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

C. R. Boyden
C. R. Boyden
Affiliation:
Applied Geochemical Research Group, Imperial College, London SW7 7BP
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Studies of tissue metal concentrations in shellfish have progressed along two major lines: first, to record the range of concentrations within commercial species, a response to the need to identify potentially hazardous levels from a human nutritional standpoint; and second, to compare concentrations within a single species on a geographical basis as a framework for an environmental monitoring programme. Body size is a parameter which can influence tissue metal concentrations, and if significant variations due to size do occur, then clearly it is a factor which should be taken into consideration within these contexts.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 57 , Issue 3 , August 1977 , pp. 675 - 714
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1977

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