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Metals and metalloids concentrations in three genotypes of pelagic Sargassum from the Atlantic Ocean Basin-scale.
Marine pollution bulletin - 1 May 2022
Cipolloni Océanne-Amaya, Gigault Julien, Dassié Émilie Pauline, Baudrimont Magalie, Gourves Pierre-Yves, Amaral-Zettler Linda, Pascal Pierre-Yves
Abstract excerpt
Since 2011, the Caribbean Islands have witnessed unprecedented massive stranding of a pelagic brown algal Sargassum spp. inducing damages for coastal ecosystems and economy. By accumulating heavy metals, Sargassum can play a role in contaminant transportation from offshore to the coast. In 2019, three genotypes of Sargassum (S. fluitans III, S. natans I, and VIII) were sampled in seven stations along a 3400 km...
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