To assess the feasibility of using animal excrement to biomonitor the extent of heavy metal contamination in the marine environment, concentrations of mercury (Hg), lead (Pb), copper (Cu) and zinc ...
Although the remote continent of Antarctica is perceived as the symbol of the last great wilderness, the human presence in the Southern Ocean and the continent began in the early 1900s for hunting, ...
Among marine organisms breeding in Antarctica, the South Polar skua (Catharacta maccormicki) combines the traits of the species more exposed to the bioaccumulation of persistent contaminants. Skuas ...
Twenty samples of surface sediment (the top 3.0 cm) were taken on soft bottoms
(from 20 to 300 m depth) with a stainless steel box corer. Phytoplankon and
zooplankton were sampled with conical nylon ...
As a contribution towards identification of the principal environmental factors
involved in cadmium accumulation in Antarctic marine organisms and the
establishment of a baseline near the Italian ...
