Oyster Crassostrea, Ostrea

As part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Status and Trends Program conducted from 1984 to 1987, mercury concentrations were analyzed in four marine bivalve species in U.S. coastal waters (NOAA 1987). Mercury concentrations in bivalve tissues ranged from 0.01 to 0.48 g/g (ppm) dry weight in oysters (Crassostrea virginica), 0.28 to 0.41 g/g (ppm) in the Hawaiian oyster (Ostrea sandwichensis), 0.05 to 0.47 g/g (ppm) in the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis), and 0.04 to... 

Waldock MJ, Thain JE and Miller D (1983) The accumulation and depuration of bis tributyltin oxide in oysters a comparison between the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas and the European flat oyster Ostrea edulis. I.C.E.S., CM (E), 59-64. 

European flat oyster, Ostrea edulis, 809 Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, 171,444, 880 Rock oyster, Saccostrea cucullata, 847... 

Watanabe, T. and Ackman, R.G. 1974. Lipids and Fatty Acids of the American ( Crassostrea virginica ) and European Flat ( Ostrea edulis ) Oysters from a Common Habitat, and After One Feeding with Dicrateria inomata or Isochrysis galbana. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 31 4), 403—409. 

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