Occurrence and Transformation of Arsenic in the Marine Environment

By Lunde, G.

Book Id: WPLBN0000130800
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Occurrence and Transformation of Arsenic in the Marine Environment
Author:	Lunde, G.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, United Nations., United Nations. Office for Disarmament Affairs
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Disarmament Documents
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Publisher:	United Nations- Office for Disarmament Affairs (Unoda)


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Excerpt: The first determination of arsenic in fish and other marine organisms was published around 1900 by Thiergardt (I) and by Gautier and Clausman (2). Since that time there has been a series of investigations in which arsenic has been analyzed, both in plants and animals in the marine environment. Results from these studies both with regard to fish, shellfish, and other marine organisms show approximately the same levels of arsenic that are also found in more recent investigations. Some of the results are shown in Table 1, starting with some values for water and sediments. For comparison also some results from the terrestrial environment are presented (Table 2). The most pronounced characteristic of these data is the great difference in the level of arsenic in marine and in terrestrial organisms, with much higher levels of arsenic in marine plants and animals (Tables 3 and 4).