Distribution et devenir de contaminants persistants dans les écosystèmes littoraux. Comparaison Manche ouest-Manche est

This study on the "distribution and future of persistent contaminants in coastal ecosystems, comparison between the western Channel and the eastern Channel" was carried out by the Ifremer for the Water Agency of Seine-Normandie. It provides information on the level of relatively well-known and regulated contaminants (cadmium, mercury, lead, BPC, dioxins, PAH) in sea products, as well as on that of less systematically recorded substances (silver, copper, nickel, zinc, polybrominated biphenyls, ethers, alkylphenols, phtalats). The Lower-Norman coast, from the Seine estuary and the Mont Saint-Michel, is particularly interesting for this study since this limited geographic area is home to the most extreme levels of contamination recorded along the entire French coast, as far as contaminants originating from human activities are concerned.