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Citation: Wilson, J.G. 1982 Heavy metals in Littorina rudis along a copper contamination gradient. Journal of Life Sciences Royal Dublin Society 4: 27-35


Number of Pages: 9

Volume Part: 1

Keywords: Fauna, Littoral, Marine, Mollusca, Monitoring, Physiology, Pollution, Wicklow

Abstract: Paper discusses heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Pb, Ni, Cd, Cr and Mn) in the gastropod Littorina rudis along a copper contamination gradient (due to past mining activities upstream) in the Avoca estuary, Co. Wicklow.