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As coral reef ecosystems throughout the developing world continue to decline under the impact of marine pollution, there is an urgent need for efficient, inexpensive means of monitoring reef "health" that can be easily taught to local participants. Bioindicator organisms provide…

To evaluate the clam Amiantis umbonella as a bio-indicator of metal contamination, the concentrations of a number of metals (Hg, Cd, Pb, Cu, Ni, Mn, Cr, V, Zn, and Fe) were determined in clam's soft tissues, in different organs, water, and sediment in Kuwait Bay of the Arabian G…

Pteropods (pelagic snails) are ubiquitous zooplankton in the Southern Ocean and abundant along the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP), one of the most rapidly warming regions on the planet. They are important prey for higher trophic levels, grazers of phytoplankton, and contribut…