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  <dc:contributor>G.W. Bryan</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Everett A. Jenne</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>S. N. Luoma</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1979</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Extractable concentrations of sediment-bound Zn, as modified by the physicochemical form of the metal in the sediments, controlled Zn concentrations in the deposit-feeding bivalves&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="uu"&gt;Scrobicularia plana&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;(collected from 40 stations in 17 estuaries in southwest England) and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="uu"&gt;Macoma balthica&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;(from 28 stations in San Francisco Bay). Over a wide range of concentrations, a significant correlation was found between ammonium acetate-soluble concentrations of Zn in sediments and Zn concentrations in&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="uu"&gt;Scrobicularia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;. This correlation was insufficiently precise to be of predictive value for&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="uu"&gt;Scrobicularia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, and did not hold for&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="uu"&gt;Macoma&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;over the narrower range of Zn concentrations observed in San Francisco Bay. Strong correlation of Zn concentrations in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="uu"&gt;Scrobicularia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;and the bioavailability of sediment-bound Zn to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="uu"&gt;Macoma&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;with ratios of sorption substrate (oxides of iron and manganese, organic carbon, carbonates, humic materials) concentrations in sediments were found in both the English and San Francisco Bay study areas. These correlations were attributed to substrate competition for sorption of Zn within sediments, assuming: 1) competition for sorption of Zn was largely controlled by the relative concentrations of substrates present in the sediments and 2) the bioavailability of Zn to the deposit feeders was determined by the partitioning of Zn among the substrates. The correlations indicated that the availability of Zn to the bivalves increased when concentrations of either amorphous inorganic oxides or humic substances increased in sediments. Availability was reduced at increased concentrations of organic carbon and, in San Francisco Bay, ammonium acetate-soluble Mn. Concentrations of biologically available Zn in solution and low salinities may also have enhanced Zn uptake, although the roles of these variables were less obvious from the statistical analysis.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1021/bk-1979-0093.ch026</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>American Chemical Society Publications</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Trace metal bioavailability: Modeling chemical and biological interactions of sediment-bound zinc</dc:title>
  <dc:type>chapter</dc:type>
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