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Bioaccumulative and conchological assessment of heavy metal transfer in a soil-plant-snail food chain

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Title
Bioaccumulative and conchological assessment of heavy metal transfer in a soil-plant-snail food chain
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BMC Chemistry, June 2012
DOI 10.1186/1752-153x-6-55
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Dragos V Nica, Marian Bura, Iosif Gergen, Monica Harmanescu, Despina-Maria Bordean

Abstract

Copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), cadmium (Cd), and lead (Pb) can pose serious threats to environmental health because they tend to bioaccumulate in terrestrial ecosystems. We investigated under field conditions the transfer of these heavy metals in a soil-plant-snail food chain in Banat area, Romania. The main goal of this paper was to assess the Roman snail (Helix pomatia) usefulness in environmental monitoring as bioindicator of heavy metal accumulation. Eight sampling sites, selected by different history of heavy metal (HM) exposure, were chosen to be sampled for soil, nettle leaves, and newly matured snails. This study also aimed to identify the putative effects of HM accumulation in the environment on phenotypic variability in selected shell features, which included shell height (SH), relative shell height (RSH), and whorl number (WN).

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 1%
Romania 1 1%
Canada 1 1%
Unknown 69 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 15 21%
Student > Ph. D. Student 14 19%
Researcher 8 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 6%
Student > Bachelor 4 6%
Other 9 13%
Unknown 18 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Environmental Science 14 19%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 17%
Chemistry 5 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 4%
Engineering 3 4%
Other 12 17%
Unknown 23 32%