Transfer of Cadmium from Plant Leaves and Vegetable Flour to the Snail Helix aspersa: Bioaccumulation and Effects

Effects of Lead Pollution at Industrial Contaminated Sites on Sentinel Juvenile Achatina achatina

“…According to Pederson et al (2000), in such well drained soil, animals living in air-filled pores in the soil and in the litter layer on the top soil can accumulate metals both from water phase of the soil, from ingesting the soil itself and from food. By contrast, Scheifler et al (2002) reported that, the well-drained nature of the soil results in leaching of metals to deep soil layers and ground water, thus may have decreased the quantity of metals at soil surface and less available for uptake by plants and snails.…”

Contamination of terrestrial gastropods Helix aspersa Maxima with137Cs,85Sr,133Ba and123MTe by direct and trophic pathways

“…The highest values are obtained in the shell for strontium and in the soft tissues for cesium, tellurium and baryum come next. These values are difficult to compare with other elements such as cadmium because the food concentrations are much lower than those given in the literature [7]. It can however be noted that our BAF values are very low: literature values are in the range of 200-400 for cadmiun and the Helix aspersa soft body [7].…”

“…These values are difficult to compare with other elements such as cadmium because the food concentrations are much lower than those given in the literature [7]. It can however be noted that our BAF values are very low: literature values are in the range of 200-400 for cadmiun and the Helix aspersa soft body [7]. The evaluation of the retention factor for each radionuclide shows that there is no significant change in the shell over time (Table 3).…”

Bioaccumulation and toxic effects of cadmium on feeding and growth of an Indian pond snail Lymnaea luteola L. under laboratory conditions

“…have the capability to accumulate different classes of chemicals and serve as pertinent species for monitoring trace metals, agrochemicals, urban pollution, and elecrtomagnatic exposure [28]. Laskowsky and Hopkin [27] observed a reduction in food consumption rates with heavy metals such as Cd, Cu, Zn and Pb in Helix sp.…”