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Arsenic uptake and transfer in a simplified estuarine food chain
Author(s) -
Lindsay Diane M.,
Sanders James G.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
environmental toxicology and chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 171
eISSN - 1552-8618
pISSN - 0730-7268
DOI - 10.1002/etc.5620090314
Subject(s) - food chain , arsenic , estuary , phytoplankton , environmental chemistry , chemistry , ecology , biology , nutrient , organic chemistry
Abstract A simplified food chain of phytoplankton species, Artemia sp., and Palaemonetes pugio was used to study pathways of arsenic uptake in estuarine ecosystems. Uptake of arsenic by phytoplankton was significant; however, only small amounts of arsenic were incorporated by Artemia and no significant increases in arsenic content of P. pugio were found in those organisms exposed to arsenic‐contaminated food or to elevated water concentrations.