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Trace metal concentrations were measured in the tissues of fish, molluscs, crustaceans and macrophytes from St. Vincent Gulf, South Australia. The concentrations of the measured metals (Cd < 0.025 to 2.1 μg g−1; Cu 0.51 to 9l μg g−1 5 Pb 0.02 to 3.6 ⧎g g−1; Zn l5 to 110 μg g−1)are similar to those from unpolluted areas and thus give no indication of pollution.
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Maher, W.A. Trace metal concentrations in marine organisms from St. Vincent Gulf, South Australia. Water Air Soil Pollut 29, 77–84 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00149330
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