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The present work was undertaken to contribute additional information on the concentration of microelements in marine organisms, and especially on the ecological characteristics of the North Adriatic Sea. Samples of biota were collected during 1976 and 1980 from various parts of the west Istrian coast. All samples (Mytilus galloprovincialis Lam. and Zostera marina L.) were dried at 110°C to a constant weight, homogenized and powdered and subjected to instrumental neutron activation analysis. The biota in North Adriatic contain a relatively high concentration of microelements, mainly Fe, Co, Se, Sr, Eu, Sc and Cs. The results indicated that Zostera marina L. accumulates most of the investigated elements and that concentration factors especially for europium, iron, scandium and selenium are very high.
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A. P. VINOGRADOV, The Elemental Chemical Composition of Marine Organisms. New Haven, 1953.
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Huljev, D.J. Neutron activation analysis of some North Adriatic organisms. J. Radioanal. Chem. 74, 249–251 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02520374
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02520374