Pacific Northwest National Laboratory staff at the Marine Sciences Laboratory are conducting research using biosentinels, which are living organisms that give early warning of the presence of a contaminant of interest. Here, haemolymph is extracted from a mussel to measure the concentration of contaminants accumulated from the environment.
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| Document Title: | Measuring Contaminants in Mussels |
| Category: | Marine Science, Security: Local-National-International |
| Media Type: | Photos |
| Date of Image/Photo: | September 2004 |
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| URL of this page: | http://picturethis.pnl.gov/picturet.nsf/by+id/AMER-6C5SQC |