Metal accumulation in terrestrial pulmonates at a lead/zinc smelter site in Arnoldstein, Austria
- Univ. of Vienna, Vienna (Austria)
Recently,the suitability of terrestrial gastropods was reviewed as quantitative indicator organisms for environmental metal pollution. The peculiar metal accumulation capabilities in molluscs have been known in detail for decades, but {open_quotes}only few data are available for terrestrial pulmonates{close_quotes}. Furthermore, data are restricted to only a few species, and despite similarities in metabolic pathways, species-specific properties in metal-budget strategies exist. Information concerning the potential range of metal burden in these animals form the field are, therefore, of ecophysical relevance. Snails satisfy a basic demand as quantitative indicators of the bioavailable fraction of terrestrial metal pollution. In this study concentrations of lead, cadmium, copper and zinc were measured in tissues of 4 species of snails collected in the vicinity of a lead/zinc smelter with a long history of pollution. 23 refs., 3 figs., 1 tab.
- OSTI ID:
- 283183
- Journal Information:
- Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Vol. 56, Issue 5; Other Information: PBD: May 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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