Impact ID | 8203 |
Impact Type | Research |
Study Type | Anecdotal |
Study Location | N/A |
Impact Description | The faucet snail (Bithynia tentaculata) has the potential to be a good biomonitor for contaminants such as cadmium, zinc, and methylmercury, owing to well-known correlations between environmental concentrations and snail tissue concentrations of these toxic compounds |
Reference | 16680 |
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