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Bioaccumulation of Contaminants in Crabs and Clams in Bellingham Bay |
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Date Published |
| 91-e04 | September 1991 |
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Bioaccumulation of Contaminants in Crabs and Clams in Bellingham Bay (Number of pages: 32) (Publication Size: 1MB)
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| Author(s) |
Cubbage, J. |
| Description |
Bellingham Bay supports commercial and recreational shellfish harvest. Industrial and municipal discharges into the bay have contributed to high sediment concentrations of mercury and PCBs. To investigate potential bioaccumulation of contaminants in shellfish, crab (Cancer magister) muscle was collected from eight sites and littleneck clams (Tapes japonica, Protothaca staminea) from four sites and tested for concentrations of PCBs, other organochlorine compounds including chloropyrifos and pentachlorophenol, cadmium, arsenic, lead, and mercury. Clams were also tested for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). |
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| Keywords |
GIS, organochlorine, accumulation, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, industrial, bioassessment, hydrocarbons, metals, natural resources, pesticides, contaminant, fish, study, sediment, Puget Sound, shellfish, mercury, PCBs, lead, cadmium |
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