THE INFLUENCE OF SIZE ON THE ACCUMULATED AMOUNTS OF METALS (Cu, Pb, Cd, Zn AND Ca) IN SIX SPECIES OF SLUG SAMPLED FROM A CONTAMINATED WOODLAND SITE
- 1 August 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Molluscan Studies
- Vol. 56 (3) , 355-362
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/56.3.355
Abstract
Heavy metal concentrations in 6 terrestrial slug species (Deroceras reticulatum, D. caruanae, Arionater, A. hortensis, A. subfuscus and Milax budapestensis) inhabiting a disused Pb/Zn mine site were measured by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Relationships between dry weight: metal content and dry weight: metal concentration, respectively, were investigated by regression analysis before and after log transformation.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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