Distribution of metals and accumulation of lead by different tissues in the freshwater snail Lymnaea stagnalis (L.)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1393-1395

  Pyatt, F Brian ^a   Pyatt, Andrea J ^b   Pentreath, Vic W ^c  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Lead; Lymnaea stagnalis

Indexed keywords

COPPER; FRESH WATER; LEAD; MANGANESE; TITANIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAIL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTION; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BASOMMATOPHORA; GASTROPODA; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS;

EID: 0030741746     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<1393:SCDOMA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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