Bioaccumulation and biomagnification of heavy metals in marine micro-predators

Abstract Nematodes represent >3/5 of the abundance of the world’s metazoans and usually account for nearly 90% of the total benthic fauna, playing a key ecological role in the benthic ecosystem functioning on a global scale. These small metazoans include a relevant number of microscopic predators...

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Main Authors: Roberto Danovaro, Adele Cocozza di Montanara, Cinzia Corinaldesi, Antonio Dell’Anno, Silvia Illuminati, Trevor J. Willis, Cristina Gambi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-11-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05539-x