CIESM Workshop Monographs
No. 19 - Metal and radionuclides bioaccumulation in marine o

Ancona, October 2002
126 pages
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Contents:

I - Executive summary
  1. Introduction
  2. Metal bioavailability
  3. Analytical chemistry considerations
  4. Monitoring implications for understanding bioaccumulation processes
  5. Toxicological considerations
  6. Closing comments - Further directions for research
II - Workshop communications

Influence of metal speciation on metal bioaccumulation
- Predicting metal bioavailability – applicability of the Biotic Ligand Model.
Peter G.C. Campbell

- Physiology, physicochemistry and the uptake of dissolved trace metals by crustaceans.
Phil Rainbow

- Metal bioavailability and bioaccumulation in the marine environment: methodological questions.
Michael O. Angelidis and Vassiliki-Angelique Catsiki

Bioindicators
- Trace metal bioavailability in saline waters - Field experiments.
Niksa Odzak

- Transfer of radionuclides and organic matter in the Rhone delta coastal zone studied with large field-deployed mesocosms.
Hervé Thébault1 and Elisabeth Alliot

- Réponse de certains paramètres biochimiques chez la moule méditerranéenne Mytilus galloprovincialis à la pollution métallique.
Abdellatif Moukrim

- Mercury, cadmium, lead and zinc bioaccumulation in soft-bottom marine macrophytes from the East coast of Spain.
Carles Sanchiz, Antonio M. GarcÍa-Carrascosa and AgustÍn Pastor

- Bioaccumulation of heavy metals and radionuclides in the Posidonia oceanica meadow, an endemic Mediterranean ecosystem.
Michel Warnau

Fluxes and models
- Role of plankton in controlling fluxes and residence times of metals and radionuclides in the sea.
Scott W. Fowler

- Models for the bioaccumulation of metals in aquatic organisms.
Ronny Blust

Consequences of bioaccumulation
- Processes affecting trophic transfer and resultant effects of metals: implications for monitoring metal pollution in the sea.
Samuel N. Luoma

- Effects of heavy metals on signal transduction and consequent toxic effects.
A. Viarengo, B. Burlando, and F. Dondero

- Metal speciation in cephalopods: implications for bioaccumulation in marine top predators.
P. Bustamante and F. Caurant

- Unusual bioaccumulation of arsenic in the polychaete Sabella spallanzanii and oxidative damages of metals in marine invertebrates.
R. Bocchetti, D. Fattorini, S. Gorbi, N. Machella, and F. Regoli

Mercury – an important special case
- Bioaccumulation of inorganic and organic mercury and organolead compounds in marine organisms.
Nevenka Mikac

- Scope of methylmercury turnover in organisms: towards a general model of biokinetics?
Markus Meili




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