Heavy Metals in Aquatic Organisms

Abstract

The role of heavy metals in aquatic organisms has been treated in earlier literature reviews (e.g., Doudoroff and Katz, 1953) with emphasis on the toxicity of the individual metals. Only since mercury and cadmium poisoning in Japan (ref. Chap. B) has the accent been shifted towards investigations dealing with the influence of heavy metals on the metabolism of aquatic organisms and the ability of the latter to accumulate both essential and non-essential metals.