The effect of salinity and natural dissolved organic matter on copper-speciation in estuarine waters. Copper toxicity to blue mussel embryos (Mytilus galloprovincialis)

Rebecca Zitoun1, Susan Clearwater2, Sylvia Gertrud Sander1,3, Christel Hassler4, Karen Thompson2 and Anathea Albert2, (1)University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, (2)National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA), New Zealand, New Zealand, (3)Marine Environmental Studies Laboratory, IAEA Environment Laboratories, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, 98000 Monaco, Principality of Monaco., Monaco, (4)Department F. -A. Forel for Environmental and Aquatic Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland., Geneva, Switzerland