Field transplantation of the freshwater bivalve Corbicula fluminea along a polymetallic contamination gradient (river Lot, France): II. Metallothionein response to metal exposure

Field transplantation of the freshwater

Field transplantation of the freshwater bivalve Corbicula fluminea along a polymetallic contamination gradient (river Lot, France): I. Geochemical characteristics of the sampling sites and cadmium and zinc bioaccumulation kinetics

✍ Sandrine Andrès; Magalie Baudrimont; Yvon Lapaquellerie; Francis Ribeyre; Noelle 📂 Article 📅 1999 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 145 KB

Specimens of the Asiatic clam Corbicula fluminea were transplanted from a clean lacustrine site to four stations along a polymetallic gradient in the river Lot (France), downstream from an old Zn ore treatment facility. The bivalves were held in benthic cages for a 5-month exposure period, April to