Mangrove oyster

Paez-Osuna, F., Ruiz-Fernandez, A.C., Botello, A.V., Ponce-Velez, G., Osuna-Lopez, I.I., Frias-Espericueta, M.G., Lopez-Lopez, G., Zazueta-Padilla, H.M., 2002. Concentrations of selected trace metals (Cu, Pb, Zn), organochlorines (PCBs, HCB) and total PAHs in mangrove oysters from the Pacific Coast of Mexico An overview. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 44, 1296-1313. 

Vaisman AG, Menins RV, Lacerda LD (2005) Chenacterization of the mangrove oyster, Crassostrea rhizophorae, as a biomonitor for mercury in tropical estuenine systems. Northeast Brazil. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 74 582-588... 

Mangrove forest Nematodes, amphipods, copepods, oligochaetes, polychaetes Fiddler crabs, oysters, barnacles... 

Silva CAR, Rainbow PS, Smith BD. 2003. Biomonitoring of trace metal contamination in mangrove-lined Brazilian coastal systems using the oyster Crassostrea rhizophorae comparative study of regions affected by oil, salt pond and shrimp farming activities. 

AREA D. This area includes sediment from three sites approximately one mile offshore from Sanibel Island and Captiva Island and oysters and sediment from mangrove fringes within the wildlife preserve on the estuarine side of the Island, representing nonimpacted control areas. 

Water samples in the Port Charlotte canal system yielded mangrove-hydrocarbon patterns similar to that found in sediment and oysters outside the canals along the Peace River and Alligator Bay, whereas water collected from the Peace River exhibited very little discernable hydrocarbon pattern. water in Punta (Sorda canals more closely reflected the hydrocarbon patterns found in sediment and oysters, i.e. highly contaminated at the marina diminishing to very low levels within about a mile into or out of the canals. 

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