Heavy metals in.the rock oyster Crassostrea iridescens (Filibranchia:. Ostreidae) from Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico

Martín G Frías-Espericueta; Monica A Ortiz-Arellano; J Isidro Osuna-López; J Angel Ronson-Paulin

doi:10.15517/rbt.v47i4.19261

Vol. 47 No. 4 (1999), Articles

Vol. 47 No. 4 (1999)

Heavy metals in.the rock oyster Crassostrea iridescens (Filibranchia:. Ostreidae) from Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico

Articles

https://doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v47i4.19261

Published March 1, 1999

Martín G Frías-Espericueta⁺⁻
Monica A Ortiz-Arellano⁺⁻
J Isidro Osuna-López⁺⁻
J Angel Ronson-Paulin⁺⁻

Martín G Frías-Espericueta

Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa. P os grado en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, ICMyL, Estación Mazatlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Monica A Ortiz-Arellano

Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa

J Isidro Osuna-López

Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa

J Angel Ronson-Paulin

Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa

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Keywords

crassostrea iridescens
heavy metals
urban discharges
oyster

How to Cite

Frías-Espericueta, M. G., Ortiz-Arellano, M. A., Osuna-López, J. I., & Ronson-Paulin, J. A. (1999). Heavy metals in.the rock oyster Crassostrea iridescens (Filibranchia:. Ostreidae) from Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico. Revista De Biología Tropical, 47(4), 843–849. https://doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v47i4.19261

Abstract

Two populations of Crassostrea iridescens were sampled off Mazatlan and in a zone free of anthropogenic activity. The .bivalves were collected from February 1992 to February 1993. Concentrations of Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni and Zn were determined by flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Annual mean values in the sampling

https://doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v47i4.19261

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