Title: A behavioural bioassay for impaired sea-water quality using the plantigrades of the common mussel Mytilus edulis L.: The effect of pH on copper speciation and toxicity
Abstract: Abstract The effects of pH on the toxicity and speciation of copper in sea water and its effect per se have been assessed with a laboratory bioassay using the crawling and attachment behaviour of plantigrades of the mussel Mytilus edulis. Changes in the concentration of labile copper, brought about by altered pH were monitored by potentiometric stripping analysis (PSA) and related to the bioassay response. When the pH was lowered from 7.8 to 6.8, the bioassay response to copper and control sea water decreased. This decrease was related to the effect of pH per se in the controls and to an increase in labile copper species in copper-treated sea water.
Publication Year: 1984
Publication Date: 1984-05-01
Language: en
Type: article
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