TALITRID AMPHIPODS AS BIOMONITORS OF TRACE-METALS NEAR DUNEDIN, NEW-ZEALAND

Authors
RAINBOW PS EMSON RH SMITH BD MOORE PG MLADENOV PV
Citation
Ps. Rainbow et al., TALITRID AMPHIPODS AS BIOMONITORS OF TRACE-METALS NEAR DUNEDIN, NEW-ZEALAND, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 27(2), 1993, pp. 201-207
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology",Fisheries,Oceanografhy
Journal title
New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00288330
Volume
27
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
201 - 207
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-8330(1993)27:2<201:TAABOT>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Concentrations of copper, zinc, and cadmium were measured in two wides pread New Zealand talitrid amphipod crustaceans, Talorchestia quoyana (Milne-Edwards) and Orchestia tenuis Dana, collected from ten sites in the region of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand in February 1990. Body meta l concentrations were compared intraspecifically by Analysis of Covari ance, differences in these accumulated concentrations reflecting diffe rences in metal bioavailabilities in local coastal waters. We conclude that both amphipods can be used as biomonitors of these metals in New Zealand coastal waters.