| field validation, in scotland and iceland, of the artificial mussel for monitoring trace metals in temperate seas. | the artificial mussel (am), a novel chemical sampling device, has been developed for monitoring dissolved trace metals in marine environments. the am consists of chelex-100 suspended in artificial seawater within perspex tubing and enclosed with semi-permeable polyacrylamide gel at both ends. to validate the field performance of the am in temperate waters, we deployed ams alongside transplanted blue mussels mytilus edulis in coastal environments in scotland (holy loch, loch fyne, loch striven an ... | 2008 | 18328506 |
| brominated dioxins (pbdd/fs) and pbdes in marine shellfish in the uk. | the occurrence of brominated dioxins (pbdd/fs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (pbdes) was investigated in commonly consumed species of marine shellfish in the uk. individual samples of pacific oysters (crassostrea gigas), native oysters (ostrea edulis), mussels (mytilus edulis), scallops (pecten maximus), and cockles (cerastoderma edule) were collected from different coastal regions between 2006 and 2007. samples of a particular species from each site were composited and 60 samples were anal ... | 2009 | 19680967 |