Trace metal residues in shellfish from Maryland waters ...
Abstract. Levels of seven heavy metal residues, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, mercury and zinc were monitored in samples of the American oyster (Crassostrea ical, the soft shell clam (Mya arenaria), the hard shell clam (Hprcinaria mercinaria) and the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus).Samples were taken from the Maryland section of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries over a ...