Contaminants Bioaccumulation and Biomagnification in a Short Trophic System: Phytoplankton, Zooplankton, Anchovy, Sardine (costas)
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The main scientific goal of COSTAS project is to bring useful knowledge to the understanding of the conditions, which favor the accumulation and transfer of organic and metallic contaminants at the primary trophic levels (autotrophes and hetetrophes), and then within the food web of small pelagic fish (anchovy and sardine) in the Gulf of Lion, Western Mediterranean.
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