Associations between shell strength, shell morphology and heavy metals in the land snail Cepaea nemoralis (Gastropoda, Helicidae)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 363, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 285-293

  Jordaens, Kurt ^a   De Wolf, Hans ^a   Vandecasteele, Bart ^b   Blust, Ronny ^a   Backeljau, Thierry ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Calcium; Pollution; Sediment derived soils; Shell colour polymorphism; Shell strength

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CALCIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEAVY METALS; MORPHOLOGY;

COLOUR MORPHS; SEDIMENT-DERIVED SOILS; SHELL COLOR POLYMORPHISM; SHELL STRENGTH;

BIODIVERSITY;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; LEAD; POLLUTION; PREDATION; SNAIL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GASTROPOD; MORPHOLOGY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAIL; STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; SNAILS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

CEPAEA NEMORALIS; GASTROPODA; HELICIDAE; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 33646780609     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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