Arion ater

Gastropods, whole, near abandoned mine, soil contained 1377 mg Zn/kg DW Arion ater 900 DW 7... 

Slug, Arion ater, fed diets containing up to 1000 mg/kg feed for 30 days Spider, Dysdera crocata, fed woodlice, Porcellio scaber at rate of 1 every 3 days for 36 days Woodlice from uncontaminated site (87 mg Zn/kg DW whole organism)... 

Marigomez, J.A., E. Angulo, and V. Saez. 1986. Feeding and growth responses to copper, zinc, mercury and lead in the terrestrial gastropod Arion ater (Linne). Jour. Molluscan Stud. 52 68-78. 

Redo, A., J.A. Marigomez, E. Angulo, and J. Moya. 1988a. Zinc treatment of the digestive gland of the slug Arion ater L. 1. Cellular distribution of zinc and calcium. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 41 858-864. 

Cottrell, J. M., Henderson, I. F., Pickett, J. A., and Wright, D. J. (1993). Evidence for GAGs as a major component of trail mucus from the terrestrial slug, Arion ater L. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 104B, 455M68. 

Slugs (Arion ater) are resistant to high dietary zinc intakes (1000.0 mg/kg feed) for 30 days, although zinc accumulations occur in excretory and calcium cells of the digestive gland. Histochemical detection of zinc in digestive gland of Arion is an indication of... 

Grey field slug, Deroceras reticulatum, 855 Slugs, Agriolimax spp., 241 Slug, Arion ater, 866 Snail, Helix spp., 715, 866... 

Leakey JEA, Dutton GJ (1975) Effect of phenobarbital on UDP-glucosyltransferase activity and phenolic glucosidation in the mollusc Arion ater. Comp Biochem Physiol 51C 215-217 LeBlanc GA, Cochrane BJ (1987) Identification of multiple glutathione S -transferases from Daphnia magna. Comp Biochem Physiol 88B 39-45... 

Malik Z, Jones C JP, Connock M J (1987) Assay and subcellular localization of H2O2 generating mannitol oxidase in the terrestrial slug Arion ater. J Exp Zool 242 9-15 Malins DC (1977) Metabolism of aromatic hydrocarbons in marine organisms. Ann NY Acad Sci 298 484-498... 

By means of bomb calorimetry and respirometry Jensen [131] determined the population density and various energy categories for the slug Arion ater in a Danish beech stand from May to October. Monthly biomass amounted to 0.269 g/m or 5.9 kJ/m, the production to 11.9 kJ/m, the consumption to 149 kJ/m and the assimilation to 114 kJ/m. The respiration based measurements resulted in a much smaller assimilation (32.6 kJ/m ) presumably due to an overestimation of the consumption in the direct approach. 

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