Leeches as Sensor-bioindicators of River Contamination by PCBs

• Authors: MACOVA Stanislava; HARUŠTIAKOVÁ Danka; KOLAROVA Jitka; MACHOVA Jana; ZLABEK Vladimir; VYKUSOVA Blanka; RANDAK Tomas; VELISEK Josef; POLESZCZUK Gorzyslaw; HAJSLOVA Jana; PULKRABOVA Jana; SVOBODOVA Zdenka
• Year of publication: 2009
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Sensors
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Water pollution and control
• Keywords: PCB indicator congeners; Skalice River; Erpobdella
• Description: The aim of the study was to evaluate the use of leeches of the genus Erpobdella as a means of assessing polychlorinated biphenyl contamination of watercourses.

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