Multi-model inference analysis of toxicological responses and levels of heavy metals in soft tissue of land snail Cornu aspersum caged in proximity to an industrial setting

The use of indicator species has become a standard monitoring approach in environmental risk assessment; however, pollutant bioavailability and its geographical distribution as well as species-sensitiveness could be affected by different factors. The present study investigated the potential use of the land snail Cornu aspersum as bioindicator of industrial air pollution by using cytological and biochemical responses and trace element levels in...