Schneider, LarissaMaher, WilliamPotts, JaimieTaylor, AnneBatley, GraemeKrikowa, FAdamack, Aaron T.Chariton, AnthonyGruber, Bernd2021-12-200025-326Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/257119Metal concentrations are reported for a seagrass ecosystem receiving industrial inputs. δ13C and δ15N isotope ratios were used to establish trophic links. Copper concentrations (dry mass) ranged from<0.01 μg/g in fish species to 570 μg/g (μ=49 ± SD=90 μg/g) in the oyster Saccostrea glomerata. Zinc concentrations ranged from 0.6 μg/g in the seagrass Zostera capricorni to 10,800 μg/g in the mud oyster Ostrea angasi (μ=434 ± 1390 μg/g). Cadmium concentrations ranged from<0.01 μg/g in fish species to 268 μg/g in Ostrea angasi (μ=6 ± 25 μg/g). Lead concentrations ranged from<0.01 μg/g for most fish species to 20 μg/g in polychaetes (μ=2 ± 3 μg/g). Biomagnification of metals did not occur. Organisms that fed on particulate organic matter and benthic microalgae had higher metal concentrations than those that fed on detritus. Species physiology also played an important role in the bioaccumulation of metals.L. Schneider was financed by an International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) funded by the Australian Government. All biological samples were collected by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage using collection procedures approved under its state act. No conflict of interest is declared for this manuscript.application/pdfen-AU© 2018 The AuthorsLake MacquarieAustraliaBiomagnificationClamBenthic microalgaeYabbies201810.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.04.0462020-11-23