Oiled birds' bibliography |
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| Authors: | Valentino U Fossato |
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| Institution: | Istituto di Biologia del Mare, C.N.R., Riva Sette Martiri, 1364/A, 30122 Venezia, Italy. |
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| Abstract: | Mussels collected from hydrocarbon polluted areas of the Lagoon of Venice were transferred to the relatively unpolluted port entrance of Malamocco. Hydrocarbon elimination was quite rapid in the first 10–15 days but then slow and incomplete: 12% of the initial content persisted in the tissues for 8 weeks. Elimination of hydrocarbons was almost independent of water temperature between 7.5–26.0°C but virtually ceased in one lot when the temperature abruptly dropped from about 11°C to 4.5–6.0°C. The biological half-life of hydrocarbons in the mussels was calculated to be a little over days, but this relates only to the initial rapid phase of elimination. |
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