Unio pictorum Mancus (Bivalvia) is actually tested as a fresh water bioremediator, in a morenic North Italian lake (Viverone Lake). In order to analyze the period of maximal activity of shell mineralization, glandular secretion and metal bioaccumulation, we studied Unio pictorum Mancu's cycle of life, using an histotopochemical approach.

Histochemical study of Unio pictorum Mancus (Bivalvia:Unionidae) mantle to assess shell calcification and metal bioremediation

DORE, Bruno Emilio;DONNA, Daniela;PATTONO, Paola Maria
2003-01-01

Abstract

Unio pictorum Mancus (Bivalvia) is actually tested as a fresh water bioremediator, in a morenic North Italian lake (Viverone Lake). In order to analyze the period of maximal activity of shell mineralization, glandular secretion and metal bioaccumulation, we studied Unio pictorum Mancu's cycle of life, using an histotopochemical approach.
2003
5° Congresso Ibérico e 2° Iberoamericano de Contaminacao e Toxicologia Ambiental
Porto (Portogallo)
22-24 settembre 2003
Environmental Problems in an Iberoamerican Context
SICTA Sociedad Iberoamericana de Toxicologia y Contaminacion Ambiental
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Unio; mantle; bioremediation; histochemistry
DORE B.; VERSACE A.; OLMO S.; DONNA D.; PATTONO P.
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