| dredging related metal bioaccumulation in oysters. | bivalves are regularly used as biomonitors of contaminants in coastal and estuarine waters. we used oysters to assess short term changes in metal availability caused by the resuspension of contaminated sediments. sydney rock oysters, saccostrea glomerata, were deployed at multiple sites in port kembla harbour and two reference estuaries for 11weeks before dredging and for two equivalent periods during dredging. saccostrea experienced large increases in accumulation of zinc, copper and tin during ... | 2009 | 19261303 |
| the use of the oyster saccostrea glomerata as a biomonitor of trace metal contamination: intra-sample, local scale and temporal variability and its implications for biomonitoring. | cu, cd, zn, pb and se concentrations were measured in the bivalve mollusc saccostrea glomerata(iredale and roughly) from two uncontaminated locations, clyde river estuary, batemans bay and moona moona creek, jervis bay, to determine natural variability of metals associated with mass, gender, age, tissue type and site within location. trace metals were also measured in the clyde river estuary over an 11 year period and in five other nsw estuaries (hastings river, hunter river, georges river, till ... | 2005 | 15735780 |