Estudio morfológico y microestructural de Crassostrea gigas en estuarios y puertos deportivos del oeste de la costa de Bizkaia

  1. Elorza Zandueta, José Javier
Revista:
Geogaceta

ISSN: 0213-683X

Año de publicación: 2007

Número: 43

Páginas: 99-102

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Geogaceta

Resumen

This work analyses the morphology and the microstructural characteristics of some specimens of Crassostrea gigas collected in diferents points of the Biscay coast. Oysters recollected in yachting harbours, where they are in contact with tributyl-tin (TBT), have morphologycal and microstructural shell anomalies. The presence of TBT in the sea water and the associated shell anomalies in oyster are more obvious and detectables in spring because of the maintenance of the ships. In other sampling areas, although the bivalves have not shown any malformations, other morphologycal variations associated to the abundance of nutrients have been determinated.