INORGANIC MERCURY IN THE ROCK POOL ENVIRONMENT (LIGURIAN SEA)

Abstract

The environment of the rock pools is characterised by drastic variations of the physical-chemical factors as regards meteo-marine changes and these fluctuations influence the structure and the dynamics of the ecological communities (1). Various studies on the rock pools of superior middle coast plane in the Gulf or Genoa (Ligurian Sea) were carried out (2-6); recently, the variations of physical-chemical parameters and the fluctuations of the population of the Tigriopus fulvus (Gopapoda Harpactlcoifia), characteristic of this environment were examined (3,7,8). [...]