Introduction of the land snail Eobania vermiculata as a bioindicator organism of terrestrial pollution using a battery of biomarkers

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1181-1192

  Itziou, A ^a   Dimitriadis, V K ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Biomarkers; Eobania vermiculata; Field; Heavy metals; Terrestrial

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE ACTIVITY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOINDICATOR ORGANISM; BIOMONITORING; DIGESTIVE GLANDS; EOBANIA VERMICULATA; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; FIELD; IN-FIELD; LAND SNAILS; METALLOTHIONEINS; MORPHOMETRIC CHANGES; NEUTRAL LIPID; NEUTRAL RED; POLLUTED AREA; POLLUTION BIOMONITORING; TERRESTRIAL;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; POLLUTION;

BIOMARKERS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; METALLOTHIONEIN; NEUTRAL RED;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMARKER; HEAVY METAL; MORPHOMETRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; SNAIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EOBANIA VERMICULATA; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HEMOLYMPH; INDICATOR ORGANISM; LYSOSOME; LYSOSOME MEMBRANE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAIL; SOIL POLLUTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE LEVEL;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEMOCYTES; LIPID METABOLISM; LYSOSOMES; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; SNAILS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EOBANIA VERMICULATA; GASTROPODA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 78751702563     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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