Edible land snail shell thickness as bioindicator of environmental lead metal pollution

Pollution Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 293-294

  Ebenso, I E ^a   Ologhobo, A D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Industrial contaminated sites; Juvenile snails; Lead metal pollution; Shell thickness

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; CONTAMINATED LAND; HEAVY METAL; JUVENILE; LEAD; POLLUTION EFFECT; SNAIL; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ACHATINA ACHATINA; GASTROPODA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 49349113657     PISSN: 02578050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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