Contamination par les metaux lourds des oiseaux marins et des marsouins de la mer du Nord.
1992
Antoine N. | Jansegers I. | Bouquegneau J.M. | Holsbeek L. | Joiris C.
In the North Sea, the contamination level of cadmium in porpoises, zinc and copper in seabirds, and mercury in both appear to be very high. The other studied metal (Cr, Ti, Fe, Pb) concentrations are comparable to literature. Seabirds and porpoises are located at top of the food chains, however their use as bioindicators of the contamination level of the ecosystem they are feeding on remains debatable. Actually many differences appear in both the contamination level and the storage and detoxification mechanisms from a species to another.
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