Cadmium in Plankton: Elevated Concentrations off Baja California

28 November 1975

journal article
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 190 (4217) , 884-885
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.190.4217.884

Abstract

One hundred thirty-five plankton samples were collected in the northeast Pacific Ocean and analyzed for their cadmium content. Concentrations were generally low (2 to 5 micrograms of cadmium per gram, dry weight) in all samples, except for the plankton collected off Baja California, where high values (10 to 20 parts per million) were consistently found on two cruises.

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