Matthew Woodcock	University of Massachusetts Lowell Department of Chemistry Ryan Research Group
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Ph.D. RESEARCH:

We have been measuring the bioaccumulation of metals by the marine mussel, Mytilus edulis, in both laboratory and field studies in collaboration with Dr. William E. Robinson, a biologist at UMass Boston. Laboratory studies have dealt with physiological questions such as the sites of metal uptake and elimination in the organism and transport of metals between organs and through the blood. Field work has concentrated on the use of mussels as indicator organisms for monitoring coastal waters and the prediction of seawater metal levels from the measurement of bioaccumulation by mussel transplants.

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