A comparison of metal levels and antioxidant enzymes in freshwater snails, Lymnaea natalensis, exposed to sediment and water collected from Wright Dam and Lower Mguza Dam, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1728-1732

  Siwela, A H ^a   Nyathi, C B ^a   Naik, Y S ^b  

^a Ecotoxicology Research Group   (Zimbabwe)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Heavy metals; Lymnaea natalensis

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CADMIUM; CATALASE; COPPER; DIPHOSPHOTRIPHOSPHODIAPHORASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; IRON; LEAD; MALONALDEHYDE; METAL; NICKEL; SELENIUM; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SNAIL; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; INDICATOR ORGANISM; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA NATALENSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; ZIMBABWE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CATALASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYMNAEA; MALONDIALDEHYDE; METALS, HEAVY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ZIMBABWE;

BULAWAYO [ZIMBABWE]; ZIMBABWE;

BASOMMATOPHORA; GASTROPODA; LYMNAEA NATALENSIS;

EID: 77956999976     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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