Gulfwatch: Monitoring Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Trace Metal and Organic Contaminants in the Gulf of Maine (1991-1997) with the Blue Mussel, Mytilus edulis L

摘要

Gulfwatch, established in 1991, in an international con- taminant monitoring program in which the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis, is used as an indicator of the level and Extent of contamination in the Gulf of Maine. Since 1991, Trace metals, PAHs, PCBs, and OC pesticides have been Measured in mussel tissues at 56 sites. The distribution of Most metals was relatively uniform throughout the Gulf With the exception of Ag, Pb and Cr.