Arsenic in the sea
Francesconi, K.A.; Edmonds, J.S. (1993). Arsenic in the sea, in: Ansell, A.D. et al. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 31. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, 31: pp. 111-151
In: Ansell, A.D.; Gibson, R.N.; Barnes, M. (Ed.) (1993). Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 31. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, 31. UCL Press: London. ISBN 1-85728-085-7; e-ISBN 0-203-49904-2. V, 630 pp., more
In: Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review. Aberdeen University Press/Allen & Unwin: London. ISSN 0078-3218; e-ISSN 2154-9125, more
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Biological phenomena > Accumulation > Bioaccumulation
Chemical elements > Metals > Heavy metals > Arsenic
Marine/Coastal |
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- Francesconi, K.A.
- Edmonds, J.S.
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| Abstract |
We present an historical account of marine arsenic research and current views on the biotransformation of arsenic in marine ecosystems. Research on arsenic in marine sediments, sea water, marine algae, and marine animals is reviewed from 1900 to the present. Emphasis is placed on work examining the chemical form of arsenic in the various marine compartments. In marine ecosystems arsenic can occur in many different chemical forms, including arsenite and arsenate, methyl arsonic and dimethylarsinic acids, trimethylarsine oxide, tetramethylarsonium ion, arsenobetaine, and a number of arsenic-containing ribosides. The biotransformation of these marine arsenicals is discussed, in particular the biogenesis of arsenic-containing ribosides in marine algae and the origin of arsenobetaine in marine animals are considered. |
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