Mucus secretion by the freshwater snail Lymnaea stagnalis limits aluminum concentrations of the aqueous environment

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 2591-2595

  Jugdaohsingh, Ravin ^a   Campbell, Morag M ^b   Thompson, Richard P H ^a   Mccrohan, Catherine R ^b   White, Keith N ^b   Powell, Jonathan J ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; PH; WATER AERATION;

EXTRACELLULAR MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDES; FRESHWATER POND SNAILS;

WATER POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; MUCUS SECRETION; NONHUMAN; SNAIL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

LYMNAEA STAGNALIS;

EID: 0032169608     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es980141p     Document Type: Article

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