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87:5235 Carell, Birgitta et al., 1987. Can mussel shells reveal environmental history? Ambio, 16(I):2-10. Thirty elements were identified and quantified using instrumental neutron activation analysis. Elemental concentrations in old samples (from 1860) were similar to those from young specimens (1970-85). Silver, gold, iron and cobalt decrease strongly and manganese and sulfur increase in connection with acidification after 1940. The present study indicates that shells of living mussels, together with museum or subfossil shell material, may be used to date environmental changes caused by natural events and large-scale industrial, agricultural or nuclear contamination. Dept. of Nuclear Chem., The Royal Inst. of Tech., S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden. 87:5236 Chang, D.S. et al., 1986. A study on the radioactivity in major shellfish and sea weeds in the southern coast of Korea. Bull. Fish. Res. Dev. Ag., Busan, 38:25-39. (In Korean, English abstract.) Dept. of Microbiol., Natl. Fish. Univ., Daeyoon-dong, Nam-gu, Pusan 608, Korea. 87:5237 Engel, D.W., 1987. Metal regulation and molting in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus:, copper, zinc and metallothionein. Biol. Bull. mar. biol. Lab., Woods Hole, 172(1):69-82. NMFS/NOAA, SEFC, Beaufort Lab., Beaufort, NC 28516, USA. 87:5238 Goutx, M.M., M. AI-Mallah and J.C. Bertrand, 1987. Effects of 9-10 dihydroanthracene and its biodegradation products on the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Mar. Biol., 94(1): 111-115. Centre d'Oceanol, de Marseille, Faculte des Sci. de Luminy, F-13288 Marseille cedex 9, France.
87:5239 Gouvea, R.C., P.L. Santos and V.A. Gouvea, 1987. Contribution to the study of radioactivity in marine organisms; dosage of ~°Po in Pema pema, L. Sci. total Environment, 61:117-120. Dept. de Biol. Geral, Inst. de Biol., Univ. Federal Fluminense, Lad. S.J. Batista s/n, Niteroi, R J, Brazil.