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M.E. Conti, M. Iacobucci & G. Cecchetti

Abstract

Marine organisms were tested as possible biomonitors of heavy metal contamination in a reference marine ecosystem, in Ustica (an island of the Southern Tyrrhenian Sea). The goal of this preliminary work is to evaluate the concentrations of Cu, Zn and Pb, using two gastropod molluscs, Monodonta turbinata Born and Patella caerulea L. Samples were collected in the tidal zone, at five coastal stations, according to their availability. Namely, the stations included the Marine Reserve (a \“Marine Park” area), which is an uncont

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