Cadmium and lead concentrations in Skrjabinotaenia lobata (Cestoda: Catenotaeniidae) and in its host, Apodemus sylvaticus (Rodentia: Muridae) in the urban dumping site of Garraf (Spain)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-8

  Torres, Jordi ^a   Peig, Jordi ^a   Eira, Catarina ^a   Borrás, Miquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioindicator model; Cadmium; Lead; Pollution; Skrjabinotaenia lobata

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LEAD; MUSCLE; POLLUTION; TISSUE;

BIOINDICATOR MODEL; PARASITOLOGICAL MODEL; SKRJABINOTAENIA LOBATA;

CADMIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; CADMIUM; LEAD; PARASITOLOGY; POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CESTODE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUMPING; EXPOSURE; HOST; KIDNEY; LIVER; MOUSE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; RODENT; SPAIN; SPECIES HABITAT; URBAN AREA;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GARRAF; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; CATENOTAENIIDAE; CESTODA; LOBATA; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 33646409845     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.11.012     Document Type: Article

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