| assessment of organotin pollution along the polish coast (baltic sea) by using mussels and fish as sentinel organisms. | levels of tributyltin (tbt) and its degradation products, mono- (mbt) and dibutyltin (dbt), as well as triphenyltin (tpt), were monitored in 10 stations along the polish coast (baltic sea). mussel-mytilus edulis-and fish-platichthys flesus-were used as sentinel organisms. the bioaccumulation patterns of butyltin and phenyltin compounds varied substantially. butyltins were detected in mussel tissue from all the sampled stations. among them, organisms from the gulf of gdansk showed the highest res ... | 2002 | 11993632 |
| distribution and relationships of trace metals in soft tissue, byssus and shells of mytilus edulis trossulus from the southern baltic. | concentrations of hg, cd, pb, ag, cu, zn, cr, ni, co, mn, and fe in soft tissues, shells and byssus of blue mussel (mytilus edulis trossulus) from 23 sites along the polish coast of the baltic sea were determined by aas method. byssus, as compared with the soft tissue, concentrated more effectively pb, cu, cr, and especially ag, ni, mn and fe, moderately hg and zn and less effectively cd. significant inter-regional and inter-size differences in metal concentrations in both soft tissues and byssu ... | 2002 | 12395857 |
| first record of the occurrence of "gill disease" in mytilus edulis trossulus from the gulf of gdańsk (baltic sea, poland). | we are presenting the first report of the occurrence of "gill disease" in mytilus edulis trossulus from the southern baltic sea, gulf of gdańsk (poland). the disease preliminary diagnosis was based on the presence of white and yellow "spots" causing deep indentations in the gills with degeneration, destruction and necrosis of gill filaments. average prevalence of gill erosion in the blue mussels population was 15.8%. according to other authors, gill erosion may affect over 80% of the bivalve pop ... | 2006 | 16996536 |