Pollution and algae

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


Case studies

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

PBDE through the entire North Sea food web


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