Copper bioaccumulation by the freshwater snail Lymnaea peregra: A toxicological marker of environmental and human health?

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 561-564

  Pyatt, F Brian ^a   Metcalfe, Matthew R ^a   Pyatt, Andrea J ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Copper; Lymnaea peregra; Pollution; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HEALTH; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TISSUE;

BIOACCUMULATION;

TOXICITY;

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; COPPER; FRESH WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; COPPER; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; SNAIL; TOXICOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GASTROPOD; INVERTEBRATE; LYMNAEA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAIL; TOXICITY TESTING; VEGETATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LYMNAEA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; BASOMMATOPHORA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEIDAE; RADIX PEREGRA;

EID: 0037370811     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(2003)022<0561:CBBTFS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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