Arsenic in marine organisms from West Greenland |
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Authors: | Arne Bohn |
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Affiliation: | B. C. Research, 3650 Wesbrook Crescent. Vancouver, B. C. V6S 2LS, Canada |
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Abstract: | Natural background levels of trace metals in marine organisms from a West Greenland inlet were studied during the summer of 1972 and 1973. Dry weight arsenic levels ranged from 11.1 to 307 ppm in fish fillets and from 7.6 to 512 ppm in fish livers. Prawns had arsenic levels ranging up to 80.2 ppm, contrasting with 6.0 ppm in planktonic copepods. The results suggest that in certain marine organisms organo-arsenics predominate and are less toxic than inorganic arsenic compounds. |
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