Archive ouverte | Science et Pêche (0036-8350) (ISTPM), 1976-12 , Vol. 264 , P. 1-18

Alzieu, Claude | Michel, Pierre | Thibaud, Yves

Edité par ISTPM

A survey about mercury, chlorinated and total hydrocarbons contents in five species of coastal shellfishes shows that harbour and estuarine areas are among the most polluted. These contents are lowest for gasteropods than bivalves. For mercury and total hydrocarbons, we show there is a level, corresponding with a natural occurence in the marine environment.