Use of limpets as alternative to mussels in metal pollution monitoring; application in the Canary Islands

Metal pollution monitoring programs make use of organisms, such as mussels, as biomonitors to evaluate and compare the metal pollution status of coastal areas worldwide. Despite the widespread distribution of mussels of the genus Mytilus, there are places where these organisms are absent or where th...

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Published in:Environmental pollution (1987) 2022-09, Vol.308, p.119614, Article 119614
Main Authors: Sánchez-Marín, Paula, Schultze, Fernando, Besada, Victoria
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bioaccumulation
Biomonitoring
coasts
environmental monitoring
indicator species
limpets
mussels
Mytilus
Patella
pollution
Spain
surveys
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