Chemical
indicators for quality of water
in areas producing molluscs and
other invertebrates EU directive
2000/60/EC establishes a European
framework for the protection and
control of pollution in continental
surface, transitional, coastal
and underground waters. Mussels
filter water and concentrate in
their own body (above all in their
branchiae and tissue) all dissolved
substances in the water. This
bio-accumulative capacity allows
us to determine the levels of
heavy metals (Cd, Hg, Zn, Pb,
Cu, Ni, Cr, As, Se), organic components
(DDT, DDE, DDD, PCBs, HAP) and
dioxins, substances that are difficult
to determine since they appear
in low levels in the marine environment
and yet are harmful to human health.
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Team
Principal
Investigator:
|
Salud Deudero |
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Other investigators
|
Toni Grau |
J. Tintoré |