Effects of Lead Pollution from Vehicular Exhaust Fumes Against Sentinel Juvenile Achatina achatina
| Autor: | I. E. Ebenso, Anthony D. Ologhobo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Pollution
Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis media_common.quotation_subject Snails Lead pollution Air Pollutants Occupational Growth Snail Weight Gain Toxicology Eating Achatina achatina biology.animal Animals Exhaust fumes Juvenile Vehicle Emissions media_common biology Spectrophotometry Atomic General Medicine Contamination biology.organism_classification Lead Metal Lead Environmental chemistry Environmental science |
| Zdroj: | Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 81:513-515 |
| ISSN: | 1432-0800 0007-4861 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00128-008-9524-4 |
| Popis: | We investigated lead metal pollution induced by traffic fumes along roads with differing traffic intensity near abandoned battery factory (Niger Delta, Nigeria). Juvenile Achatina achatina were positioned as sentinels in plastic snaileries 2 m on road sides. Lead contamination in snail tissue by atomic absorption spectrophotometer increased with increasing vehicular traffic intensity. Snails showed low positive (r 2 = 0.40) relationship and significant (p |
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