Fluoride and metals in Spillway Creek crustacea

This report compares metal and fluoride concentrations in three crustaceans: mud crabs (Scylla serrata); fiddler crabs (Uca coarctata) and banana prawns (Penaeus merguiensis), from Spillway Creek and some Queensland reference sites: Wild cattle Creek; Baffle Creek;Gladstone and Ayr. The survey was undertaken as a collaborative project between BoyneSmelters Limited (BSL) and the Centre for Environmental Management (CEM), Central,Queensland University. The project investigates the relative distribution of fluoride and metal concentrations in crustaceans from four sites in Spillway Creek (comparing levels to food guidelines where applicable), while at the same time establishing a new site into an investigation into shell disease in Port Curtis mud crabs (Andersen and Norton, 2001).