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| Marion, C.; Dufois, Francois; Arnaud, Mireille; Vella, C.. |
| The environment is impacted by natural and anthropogenic disturbances that occur at different spatial and temporal scales, and that lead to major changes and even disequilibria when exceeding the resiliency capacities of the ecosystem. With an annual mean flow of 1700 m(3) s(-1), the Rhone River is the largest of the western Mediterranean basin. Its annual solid discharges vary between 2 and 20 Mt, with flood events responsible for more than 70% of these amounts. In the marine coastal area, close to the mouth, both flocculation and aggregation lead to the formation of fine-grained deposits, i.e. the prodelta. This area is characterized by sediment accumulation rates up to 20-50 cm yr(-1) and high accumulations of particle reactive contaminants such as... |
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Palavras-chave: Sediment dynamics; Floods; Hydrodynamics; Radiotracers; Rhone River prodelta. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00006/11695/8479.pdf |
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| Metian, M.; Bustamante, Paco; Hedouin, L.; Warnau, M.. |
| Uptake of waterborne Cd, Co, Mn and Zn was determined in laboratory experiments using radiotracer techniques (Cd-109, Co-57, Mn-54 and Zn-65). Labelled Zn was mainly accumulated in the digestive gland (65%) and Co in kidneys (81%); Cd and Mn were similarly distributed in digestive gland and gills. In a complementary field study, Ag, As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, and Zn were analysed in scallops collected at two stations showing different contamination levels. Digestive gland and kidneys displayed the highest concentrations. Ag, As, Cd, and Fe differed in soft tissues from the two stations, suggesting that Comptopallium radula could be a valuable local biomonitor species for these elements. Low Mn and Zn concentrations found in kidneys suggest that their... |
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Palavras-chave: Bioindicator species; Risk assessment; Pectinidae; Radiotracers; Arsenic; Trace elements; Tropical environment. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-6953.pdf |
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| Metian, Marc; Hedouin, Laetitia; Eltayeb, Mohamed M.; Lacoue-labarthe, Thomas; Teyssie, Jean-louis; Mugnier, Chantal; Bustamante, Paco; Warnau, Michel. |
| The present work aimed at better understanding metal and metalloid bioaccumulation in the edible Pacific blue shrimp Litopenaeus stylirostris, using both laboratory and field approaches. In the laboratory, the bioaccumulation kinetics of Ag, Cd, Co, Cr, and Zn have been investigated in shrimp exposed via seawater and food, using the corresponding gamma-emitting radiotracers (Ag-110m, Cd-109, Co-57, Cr-51, and Zn-65) and highly sensitive nuclear detection techniques. Results showed that hepatopancreas and intestine concentrated the metals to the highest extent among the blue shrimp organs and tissues. Moulting was found to play a non negligible detoxification role for Co, Cr and, to a lesser extent, Zn. Metal retention by L stylirostris widely varied (from... |
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Palavras-chave: Crustacean; Metals; Biokinetics; Radiotracers; Moulting; Contamination. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00014/12528/9869.pdf |
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