The status and trends of trace element and organic contaminants in oysters, Crassostrea virginica, in the waters of the Carolinas, USA.
Concentrations of eight trace elements (As, Cd, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, Se and Zn), lindane and six groups of organic contaminants (total-chlordane, total-PCB, total-DDT, Dieldrin and Aldrin, total-butyltins, total-PAHs) at the 11 NOAA mussel watch project (MWP) sites located in North and South Carolina have been compared with the national US MWP data. Three sites from North and South Carolina had concentrations of PAHs in the upper 15th percentile on a national scale. One site had high concentrations of butyltins, and two sites had high Se concentrations. All sites from Beaufort, North Carolina, south had high As concentrations. Decreasing temporal trends were found for As, Cd, total-chlordane, DDT, PCB, and PAHs at some sites.
Lauenstein
Gunnar G
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Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NOAA/National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA.
Cantillo
Adriana Y
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O'Connor
Thomas P
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D000818:Animals; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D009657:North Carolina; D010125:Ostreidae; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D013022:South Carolina; D013997:Time Factors; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000032:analysis / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*
D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; D014131:Trace Elements