Do the soft tissues of Helix aspersa serve as a quantitative sentinel of predicted free lead concentrations in soils?

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-165

  Beeby, Alan ^a   Richmond, Larry ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Lead; Monitoring; Sentinels; Snails

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; HELIX ASPERSA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0037302937     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(02)00130-0     Document Type: Article

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