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    Levels of copper, zinc, manganese and iron in two fish species from salt marshes of Cadiz Bay (southwest Iberian Peninsula)

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    The authors analysed copper, iron, manganese and zinc concentrations in liver, gills and muscle in two species of fish from salt marshes on Cadiz Bay: the sole Solea senegalensis (Kaup, 1858) and the killifish Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1758). The highest concentrations of copper and iron, in both species, were found in the liver. The mean values reported were: 977.71 ± 42.92 and 354.42 ± 22.80 μg g⁻¹ for iron and 124.16 ± 15.97 and 60.17 ± 1.95 μg g⁻¹ dry weight for Cu in S. senegalensis and F. heteroclitus, respectively. The distribution pattern of zinc in organs was different in both fish, so S. senegalensis showed the highest values in liver and F. heteroclitus in gills. The results of the present study enabled us to determine the background concentrations of these metals in both species and their distribution in the different organs. These data will constitute a reference for future studies on the evolution of contamination in this area.Se han analizado las concentraciones de los metales cobre, hierro, manganeso y zinc en branquias, músculos e hígado en ejemplares de dos especies de peces: Solea senegalensis (Kaup, 1858) y Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1758) recolectados en las marismas de la bahía de Cádiz (suroeste de la península Ibérica). Las concentraciones más elevadas para hierro y cobre, en ambas especies, se encontraron en el hígado. Los valores medios registrados fueron: 977,71 ± 42,92 y 354,42 ± 22,80 μg g⁻¹ en el caso del Fe, y 124,16 ± 15,97 y 60,17 ± 1,95 μg g⁻¹ peso seco para el Cu en S. senegalensis y F. heteroclitus, respectivamente. El comportamiento del zinc fue diferente en ambas especies, ya que mientras en S. senegalensis el hígado registró los valores más elevados, en F. heteroclitus éstos se hallaron en branquias. Los resultados obtenidos permiten determinar la concentración basal de estos metales en estas especies y su distribución en los órganos analizados, y constituyen una referencia en estudios posteriores de la evolución de la contaminación en esta zona.Instituto Español de Oceanografí

    Localization from quantum interference in one-dimensional disordered potentials

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    We show that the tails of the asymptotic density distribution of a quantum wave packet that localizes in the the presence of random or quasiperiodic disorder can be described by the diagonal term of the projection over the eingenstates of the disordered potential. This is equivalent of assuming a phase randomization of the off-diagonal/interference terms. We demonstrate these results through numerical calculations of the dynamics of ultracold atoms in the one-dimensional speckle and quasiperiodic potentials used in the recent experiments that lead to the observation of Anderson localization for matter waves [Billy et al., Nature 453, 891 (2008); Roati et al., Nature 453, 895 (2008)]. For the quasiperiodic case, we also discuss the implications of using continuos or discrete models.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures; minor changes, references update
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