| kinetics of metal elimination in oysters from a contaminated estuary. | in oysters crassostrea gigas translocated from a metal-enriched estuary (gironde, france) to a comparatively clean site, the bay of bourgneuf (france), cd, cu and zn concentrations were determined monthly in the whole soft tissues, or in different fractions (cytosolic or insoluble) of gills and digestive glands. in all cases, the concentrations of all of the three metals decreased logarithmically and half-lives were always shortest for cd (86-251 days). after 4 months, the cd concentration had b ... | 2002 | 11912053 |