Publication detail

Ecotoxicityassessment of cadmium using different life stages of the terrestrial gastropod Helix aspersa aspersa

Fojt Pavel, Zlámalová Gargošová Helena

Original Title

Ecotoxicityassessment of cadmium using different life stages of the terrestrial gastropod Helix aspersa aspersa

Type

conference proceedings

Language

English

Original Abstract

The main aim of this work is to present a preliminaryresultsoftestsusing a cosmopolitan terrestrial organism and its two different life stages for evaluating possible effect of environmental contaminants. The organism used in this study is a pulmonategastropod Helix aspersa aspersa(syn. Cantareusaspersusor Cornuaspersum), or the brown garden snail in common.We choosedtwo different life stages of this snail: eggs and juvenile individuals. The evaluated substance was cadmium chloride (CdCl2).

Keywords

Gastropod, terrestrial, ecotoxicity, cadmium, heavy metals, embryo.

Authors

Fojt Pavel, Zlámalová Gargošová Helena

Released

14. 6. 2016

ISBN

1337-6853

Book

Interdisciplinary Toxicology

Edition

1

Edition number

9

Pages from

26

Pages to

26

BibTex

@proceedings{BUT128572,
  editor="Pavel {Fojt} and Helena {Zlámalová Gargošová}",
  title="Ecotoxicityassessment of cadmium using different life stages of the terrestrial gastropod Helix aspersa aspersa
",
  year="2016",
  series="1",
  number="9",
  pages="26--26",
  isbn="1337-6853"
}