| genotoxicity biomarkers and acetylcholinesterase activity in natural populations of mytilus galloprovincialis along a pollution gradient in the gulf of oristano (sardinia, western mediterranean). | a year-round biomonitoring study on blue mussels (mytilus galloprovincialis) was carried out in 4 selected sites along the gulf of oristano (sardinia, italy): a commercial port (port), the outlet of the s'ena arrubia and marceddì lagoons (in the catchment area of intensive agricultural and diary activities, and abandoned mining), and a reference site (north). heavy metal concentrations in sediments from marceddì were 2-3 to 10-20 times higher in pb, cd and zn, respectively, than those found at n ... | 2006 | 16289776 |