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Growth Inhibition and Recovery in Mussels (Mytilus Edulis) Exposed to Low Copper Concentrations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Keith J. Redpath
Keith J. Redpath
Affiliation:
Animal Biology Group, Marine Science Laboratories, University College of North Wales, Menai Bridge, Gwynedd LL59 5EH
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Studies concerned with the sub-lethal aspects of the toxicity of copper to the mussel have, in many cases, been compromised through the use of static experimental systems (see Davenport & Redpath (1984) for review). Manley, Gruffydd & Almada-Villela (1984), using a through flow system, reported a significant reduction in shell growth at a concentration of 10 μg I-1 added copper with recovery after metal addition had ceased. Strömgren (1982) investigated the effects of a series of concentrations of the metal (amongst others) on Mytilus, but there are discrepancies between his results and the work of others which have been fully discussed elsewhere by Davenport and Redpath.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 65 , Issue 2 , May 1985 , pp. 421 - 431
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1985

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