| mussel-based monitoring of trace metal and organic contaminants along the east coast of china using perna viridis and mytilus edulis. | green lipped mussels, perna viridis, and blue mussels, mytilus edulis, were collected from seven locations along the east coast of china in september and october 2001. the mussel tissues were analyzed for metals (ag, as, cd, cr, ni, pb, se, zn, cu, fe and hg), and trace organic contaminants including organochlorine compounds (ocs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pahs; based on 24 individual pahs), polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs) and petroleum hydrocarbons (phcs). maximum concentrations of ag ... | 2004 | 14568720 |