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Cadmium accumulation, distribution and metabolism in the gastropod Littorina littorea: the role of metal-binding proteins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

W. J. Langston  and
Mingjiang Zhou
W. J. Langston
Affiliation:
The Laboratory, Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth PL1 2PB
Mingjiang Zhou
Affiliation:
The Laboratory, Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth PL1 2PB
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Cadmium, and its compounds, has been placed on the blacklists of most international pollution conventions by virtue of its toxicity, potential for bioaccumulation and persistence (Taylor, 1983).

The ability of many marine molluscs, and in particular gastropods, to accumulate Cd to a high degree in apparently unregulated fashion has led to their frequent use in monitoring programmes. Thus Cd levels in the winkle, Littorina littorea (L.) closely reflect gradients in environmental contamination (Bryan et al. 1983), demonstrating the excellent ‘indicator’ properties of this group.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 67 , Issue 3 , August 1987 , pp. 585 - 601
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1987

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