Information
- Type
- Project
- Name
- Marine ecotoxicology: distribution, flows and biological effects of metal pollutants in the Asterias rubens, a key species of the coastal biotopes of the North Sea
- Description @en
- (1) Determine the level of metal pollution in Asterias rubens, a common super predator of the macrobenthos, in various coastal biotopes of the North Sea (open and closed estuarine branches, intertidal zone and offshore zone).
(2) Evaluate, in Asterias rubens, the flows of the most important metal pollutants.
(3) Estimate the biological effects of metal pollution in Asterias rubens.
- Parent project
- Impulsprogramme "Marine Sciences"
- Start date
- 1992-8
- End date
- 1996-7
Expertise
- Benthos
- defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
- term code: 877
- Coastal waters
- defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
- term code: 1653
- Ecotoxicology
- defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
- term code: 9505
- Heavy metals
- defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
- term code: 3962
- taxonomic terms
- Asterias rubens [Common starfish]
- geographic terms
- ANE, North Sea