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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-11-01
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Series: | Communications Biology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05539-x |