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Adaptation of the Polychaete Nereis Diversicolor to Estuarine Sediments Containing High Concentrations of Zinc and Cadmium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

G. W. Bryan  and
L. G. Hummerstone
G. W. Bryan
Affiliation:
The Plymouth Laboratory
L. G. Hummerstone
Affiliation:
The Plymouth Laboratory
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In the first paper of this series (Bryan & Hummerstone, 1971) it was shown that in the estuarine polychaete Nereis diversicolor O. F. Müller the concentration of copper is roughly proportional to that of the surrounding sediment. On the other hand, concentrations of zinc appeared to be relatively independent of those in the sediment and it was suggested that the level of zinc in the worm is regulated.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 53 , Issue 4 , November 1973 , pp. 839 - 857
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1973

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