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Linkage of Bioaccumulation and Biological Effects to Changes in Pollutant Loads in South San Francisco Bay
by Michelle Hornberger, Samuel Luoma, Daniel Cain, Cynthia Brown, Robin Bouse, Francis Parchaso, Christopher Wellise, and Janet Thompson

 

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Response to Metal Stress

The sampling site becomes completely submerged as the tide rises
Study area at high tide.

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Figure 1. Reproductive Activity. As metal concentrations began to decrease, reproductive activity increased. During the period when metal concentrations were at their highest, reproductive activity was low.


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