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Algae contain higher concentrations of metals than the surrounding water. <ref>Elliot, M.; Hemingway, K. (2002). Fishes in estuaries. Blackwell Science: London, UK. 636 pp.</ref>
 
Algae contain higher concentrations of metals than the surrounding water. <ref>Elliot, M.; Hemingway, K. (2002). Fishes in estuaries. Blackwell Science: London, UK. 636 pp.</ref>
  
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<u>'''Heavy metals'''</u>
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Heavy metals are known to be able to depress algal growth when they are present above a certain threshold level.
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<u>'''Organochlorine compounds'''</u>
  
 
== Case studies ==
 
== Case studies ==

Revision as of 12:59, 20 July 2009

Algae contain higher concentrations of metals than the surrounding water. [1]


Heavy metals

Heavy metals are known to be able to depress algal growth when they are present above a certain threshold level.

Organochlorine compounds

Case studies

Case study 1:PCBs and organochlorine pesticides in Antarctic algae[2]



References

  1. Elliot, M.; Hemingway, K. (2002). Fishes in estuaries. Blackwell Science: London, UK. 636 pp.
  2. Joiris, C.R.; Overloop, W. (1991). PCBs and organochlorine pesticides in phytoplankton and zooplankton in the Indian sector of the Southern ocean. Antarctic Science 3: 371-377