Mortality and histopathological effects in harbour-transplanted snails with different exposure histories.

Abstract excerpt

Contaminants are important stressors in the aquatic environment and may exert selective pressures on organisms. We hypothesized that snails originating from a metal-contaminated habitat (B) would have increased tolerance to harbour contaminants (e.g. metals from antifouling paints), compared to snails originating from a relatively clean habitat (A). We assessed tolerance to metals in terms of survival and...

Topics

• Acclimatization
• Animals
• Ecosystem
• Environmental Exposure
• Genetic Variation
• Male
• Metals, Heavy
• Snails
• Survival Analysis
• Water Pollutants, Chemical