Noise pollution limits metal bioaccumulation and growth rate in a filter feeder, the Pacific oyster Magallana gigas.

Shipping has increased dramatically in recent decades and oysters can hear them. We studied the interaction between noise pollution and trace metal contamination in the oyster Magallana gigas. Four oyster-groups were studied during a 14-day exposure period. Two were exposed to cadmium in the presenc...

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Main Authors: Mohcine Charifi, Alison Miserazzi, Mohamedou Sow, Mickael Perrigault, Patrice Gonzalez, Pierre Ciret, Soumaya Benomar, Jean-Charles Massabuau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5884495?pdf=render