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| Joiris, C.R.; Billen, G.; Lancelot, MH.; Daro, M.H.; Mommaerts, J.-P.; Bertels, A.; Bossicart, M.; Nijs, J.; Hecq, J.H.. |
| The various biological compartments of the Belgian coastal zone of the North Sea were studied since 1971. The synthesis of available data on carbon cycling includes phytoplankton biomass and activities (particulate and dissolved primary production, respiration) , zooplankton biomass and activities (grazing, respiration) and planktonic and benthic microbial heterotrophic activities. These various carbon flux estimates allow the development of an overall budget of carbon cycling. This budget shows the importance of microbial (planktonic and benthic) heterotrophs versus zooplankton in the utilization of primary production. Comparison with literature data suggests that this could be a general feature of coastal, as opposed to open sea ecosystems. |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
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| Ano: 1982 |
URL: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=6908 |
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| Holsbeek, L.; Joiris, C.R.; Debacker, V.; Ali, B.I.; Roose, P.; Nellissen, J.P.; Gobert, S.; Bouquegneau, J.-M.; Bossicart, M.. |
| Seven male sperm whales stranded on the southern North Sea coast during the 1994/95 winter were analysed for stable pollutant concentrations in muscle, liver, kidney and blubber: heavy metals (total and organic Hg, Se, Zn, Pb, Ni, Cd, Fe, Cr, Cu and Ti), organochlorines (PCBs and pesticides) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), High concentrations of Cd (up to 300 mu g/g dw in kidney), Hg (up to 130 mu g/g dw in liver) and PCBs (up to 5 mu g/g dw in blubber) were detected, but not considered as the direct cause of mortality, while their possible indirect influence on the health status and/or behaviour of the North Atlantic sperm whale population is discussed. |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
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| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=6837 |
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| Joiris, C.R.; Holsbeek, L.; Bossicart, M.; Tapia, G.. |
| Four sperm whales (three subadult males stranded on the Belgian coast, a fourth older male found dead at sea) were analysed for total mercury, methylmercury and organochlorines. All four were part of a total of 24 sperm whales that stranded on the North Sea coasts over a period of six months, a highly unusual phenomenon. Total mercury levels ranged from 0.5 µg/g fw in kidney and 1 in muscle, up to 15 in liver. The finding of at least 90% of the mercury in its inorganic form confirms the existence of detoxification mechanisms in the liver of cetaceans. PCB concentrations in muscle, liver, kidney and blubber ranged from 10 to 25 µg/g lipids. These results are in the same order of magnitude as literature data, which however does not imply that there is no... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Detoxification Mercury Social behaviour Stranding ANE; Belgium ANE; North Sea; Southern Bight. |
| Ano: 1997 |
URL: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=837 |
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| Delbeke, K.; Joiris, C.R.; Bossicart, M.. |
| PCB levels in sediments (bulk and fraction <63µm), suspended matter and zooplankton from the Belgian continental shelf of the North Sea and the Scheldt estuary were educated in relation to their organic carbon content, their lipid content and, for sediments, their particle size distribution. PCB accumulation mechanisms are discussed, considering the importance of direct contamination (absorption onto the cell surfaces, absorption through the cell walls and partitioning into the cell lipids) for suspended matter and sediments, and of indirect contamination through the food for zooplankton. Geographical and seasonal variations are described. |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
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| Ano: 1990 |
URL: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=2820 |
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