Lead (Pb) is a non-essential metal naturally present in the environment and often
complexed with other elements (eg, copper, selenium, zinc). This metal has been used since …

The need to carry out monitoring programs for environmental pollution of coastal
ecosystems makes it necessary to increase the number of indicator species in order to have …

Microplastics (MPs) in the marine environment are ubiquitous. The ingestion of these
pollutants by marine organisms has drawn global attention. This work studies the distribution …

Marine organisms were evaluated as possible biomonitors of heavy metal contamination in
marine coastal areas. Concentrations of Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb, and Zn were measured in the green …

The bioaccumulation of metals in an animal depends on a multitude of factors: biotic ones,
like its body dimensions and mass, age, sex, diet, metabolism, and position in the trophic …

Since the establishment of the 'Tunisian Chemical Group'in Gabes city, Tunisia, no serious
investigations were carried out about the heavy metal pollution in Gabes gulf. In the present …

Mussels are commonly used to monitor metal pollution despite high inter-individual
variability in tissue concentrations. In this study, influences of body size, condition index and …

With the view of using Nucella lapillus and Monodonta lineata as bioindicators in
biomonitoring programs in the NW coast of Portugal, the sensitivity to copper and cadmium …

Turban snails (family Turbinidae) are gastropod molluscs that are harvested for human
consumption yet little is known about the nutritional properties of these snails, particularly …

Trace metal concentrations of mercury, cadmium, lead and chromium in Patella caerulea,
and Mullus barbatus were investigated to provide information on pollution of Ionian Sea …