DocumentCode
2819916
Title
The Cesium-Potassium Ratio and Trace Metal Biomagnification in Two Contaminated Marine Food Webs
Author
Young, D.R. ; Mearns, Alan J. ; Tsu-Kai Jan ; Eganhouse, Robert P.
Author_Institution
Dames & Moore, Los Angeles, CA, USA
fYear
1981
fDate
16-18 Sept. 1981
Firstpage
570
Lastpage
574
Abstract
Muscle tissue concentration ratios of cesium (Cs) to potassium (K) appear to be useful indicators of the biomagnification potential of marine food webs. Application of this technique indicated that two metals-rich ecosystems in southern California, the Salton Sea and the municipal wastewater discharge zone off Palos Verdes Peninsula, are sufficiently "structured" to permit food web magnification. Despite this, with the possible exception of mercury no significant biomagnification of the contaminant trace metals was observed.
Keywords
caesium; ecology; environmental factors; muscle; oceanographic techniques; potassium; water pollution; zoology; Cs; K; Palos Verdes Peninsula; Salton Sea; USA; cesium-potassium muscle tissue concentration ratio; contaminant trace metals; contaminated marine food webs; metal rich ecosystems; municipal wastewater discharge zone; southern California; trace metal biomagnification; Ecosystems; Fault location; Geophysics; Marine animals; Marine pollution; Muscles; Organisms; Sea measurements; Wastewater; Water pollution;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
OCEANS 81
Conference_Location
Boston, MA
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OCEANS.1981.1151670
Filename
1151670
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