Tissue-level biomarkers in sentinel slugs as cost-effective tools to assess metal pollution in soils

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-176

  Marigomez I ^a   Kortabitarte, M ^a   Dussart, G B J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; ZINC;

BIOMONITORING; HEAVY METAL; SLUG; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMETALLOGRAPHY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXOCRINE GLAND; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; LYSOSOME; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0344972887     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900301     Document Type: Article

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