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Bakr Z, Said SM, Mohammad WA, Aboulnasr GN, Elshimy NA. Silver-Nanoparticle- and Silver-Nitrate-Induced Antioxidant Disbalance, Molecular Damage, and Histochemical Change on the Land Slug (Lehmannia nyctelia) Using Multibiomarkers. Front Physiol 2022; 13:945776. [PMID: 35979412 PMCID: PMC9376806 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.945776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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It is known that silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) and AgNO3 have harmful effects on the surrounding organisms, which may cause damage to these organisms. Therefore, the aim of this study is to detect damage caused by Ag NPs and silver nitrate to land slugs (Lehmannia nyctelia). In this study, the slugs were exposed to various concentrations of Ag NPs and AgNO3 for 15 days. The biochemical, antioxidant, lipid peroxidation (LPO), DNA fragmentation, and histopathological endpoints were assessed after 15 days of exposure to different concentrations of Ag NPs (0.04, 0.08, 0.4, and 0.8 g/L) and silver nitrate (0.04, 0.08, 0.4, and 0.8 g/L). The results show a significant decrease in total protein, total carbohydrate, superoxide dismutase, and GST and a significant increase in total lipid, LPO, and DNA fragmentation after exposure to Ag NPs and AgNO3 for 15 days compared with the control group. Histopathiological alterations were observed in the digestive glands which were indicated by histochemical staining. We concluded that exposure to AgNO3 and Ag NPs caused oxidative stress, genetic damage and alterations in the profile of muscle proteins and histological structure in L. nyctelia.
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- Zeinab Bakr
- Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
- *Correspondence: Zeinab Bakr,
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- Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, New Valley University, New Valley, Egypt
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- Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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El-Gendy KS, Gad AF, Radwan MA. Physiological and behavioral responses of land molluscs as biomarkers for pollution impact assessment: A review. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2021; 193:110558. [PMID: 33285153 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2020] [Revised: 11/04/2020] [Accepted: 11/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Environmental pollution caused by human activities is a global public health concern. This review discusses the impact of different types of pollutants such as pesticides, metals, nanoparticles and others on land molluscs. These molluscs are of great interest as good model organisms for studying biomarker responses in ecotoxicological monitoring programs. Several biomarkers are utilized to characterize and quantify the exposure and harmful impacts of various pollutants. In this review, we have identified physiological and behavioral endpoints (feeding, growth, avoidance, mucus secretion, locomotion and reproductive behavior) for the diagnosis of environmental pollution. The present review displays that all types of pollutants can disturb physiological and behavioral endpoints of gastropods, and these impacts depend on the matrix, exposure time and route as well as the type and concentration of the pollutants in the environment. We have also confirmed that terrestrial gastropods particularly snails as sentinel species could be used as potential bioindicator organisms for environmental quality assessment and thus for predicting potential hazards to human health.
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- K S El-Gendy
- Department of Pesticide Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Alexandria, El-Shatby, 21545, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Animal Pests, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Pesticide Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Alexandria, El-Shatby, 21545, Alexandria, Egypt.
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Drăghici GA, Dehelean C, Pinzaru I, Bordean DM, Borozan A, Tsatsakis AM, Kovatsi L, Nica D. Soil copper uptake by land snails: A semi-field experiment with juvenile Cantareus aspersus snails. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2019; 72:103243. [PMID: 31445455 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2019.103243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2019] [Revised: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 08/13/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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There is currently limited scientific evidence linking soil copper and land snails, although these invertebrates are important players in terrestrial ecosystems. In the present study, Cantareus aspersus juveniles, were exposed in two successive phases of 30 days each, to soil spiked with increasing concentrations of copper sulfate. Copper concentrated preferentially and in a dose-dependent manner in the hepatopancreas. In the case of specimens previously exposed to Cu-spiked soils, Cu retention kinetics were independent from the effects of a new exposure event. There was no effect on shell growth, but significant mortality was observed at 60 days. The no observed effect concentration and the lowest observed effect concentration for mortality in snails, were ˜ 41 and 54 mg, respectively, per grams dry weight in the hepatopancreas. The results demonstrate, for the first time, that terrestrial gastropods can accumulate soil Cu autonomously from dietary uptake.
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- George Andrei Drăghici
- Faculty of Pharmacy, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Eftimie Murgu Sq 2, 300041, Timisoara, Romania.
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Eftimie Murgu Sq 2, 300041, Timisoara, Romania.
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Eftimie Murgu Sq 2, 300041, Timisoara, Romania.
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- Faculty of Food Processing Technology, Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine "King Michael I of Romania" From Timisoara, Calea Aradului 119, 300645, Timisoara, Romania.
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- Faculty of Horticulture and Forestry, Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine "King Michael I of Romania" From Timisoara, Calea Aradului 119, 300645, Timisoara, Romania.
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- Laboratory of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Eftimie Murgu Sq 2, 300041, Timisoara, Romania.
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Wang QY, Sun JY, Xu XJ, Yu HW. Integration of chemical and toxicological tools to assess the bioavailability of copper derived from different copper-based fungicides in soil. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2018; 161:662-668. [PMID: 29935430 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.06.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2018] [Revised: 05/09/2018] [Accepted: 06/14/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Because the extensive use of Cu-based fungicides, the accumulation of Cu in agricultural soil has been widely reported. However, little information is known about the bioavailability of Cu deriving from different fungicides in soil. This paper investigated both the distribution behaviors of Cu from two commonly used fungicides (Bordeaux mixture and copper oxychloride) during the aging process and the toxicological effects of Cu on earthworms. Copper nitrate was selected as a comparison during the aging process. The distribution process of exogenous Cu into different soil fractions involved an initial rapid retention (the first 8 weeks) and a following slow continuous retention. Moreover, Cu mainly moved from exchangeable and carbonate fractions to Fe-Mn oxides-combined fraction during the aging process. The Elovich model fit well with the available Cu aging process, and the transformation rate was in the order of Cu(NO3)2 > Bordeaux mixture > copper oxychloride. On the other hand, the biological responses of earthworms showed that catalase activities and malondialdehyde contents of the copper oxychloride treated earthworms were significantly higher than those of Bordeaux mixture treated earthworms. Also, body Cu loads of earthworms from different Cu compounds spiked soils were in the following order: copper oxychloride > Bordeaux mixture. Thus, the bioavailability of Cu from copper oxychloride in soil was significantly higher than that of Bordeaux mixture, and different Cu compounds should be taken into consideration when studying the bioavailability of Cu-based fungicides in the soil.
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- Quan-Ying Wang
- Key Laboratory of Wet Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Wet Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Wet Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Wet Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China.
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Mleiki A, Zaldibar B, Izagirre U, El Menif NT, Marigómez I. Effects of dietary Pb and Cd and their combination on lysosomal and tissue-level biomarkers and histopathology in digestive gland of the land snail, Cantareus apertus (Born, 1778). ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2018; 156:301-310. [PMID: 29571108 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.02.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2017] [Revised: 02/22/2018] [Accepted: 02/28/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The present study was aimed at determining cell and tissue-level biomarkers and histopathological alterations in the green garden snail, Cantareus apertus (Born, 1778), exposed to different nominal dietary concentrations of Pb (25, 100 and 2500 mg Pb/kg), Cd (5, 10 and 100 mg Cd/kg) and their combination (25 mg Pb + 5 mg Cd/Kg, 100 mg Pb + 10 mg Cd/kg and 2500 mg Pb + 100 mg Cd/ kg) for 1 and 8 weeks. Lead and Cd exerted histopathological effects on the digestive gland in a dose-dependent manner and related to lysosomal and tissue-level biomarkers. The biological responses observed included digestive cell vacuolisation and numerical atrophy, calcium cell hydropic degeneration, excretory cell hypertrophy, inflammatory responses, blood vessel congestion, and disruption of the blood vessel wall and the interstitial connective tissue. Lysosomal enlargement and transient intracellular accumulation of neutral lipids and lipofuscins were also observed, together with alterations in the cell type composition and thinning of the digestive gland epithelium and with diverticular distortion. This response profile fits well with the biological effects reported after metal exposure in gastropods from other regions, as well as with data obtained in parallel studies dealing with metal bioaccumulation and intralysosomal accumulation, mortality, feeding, growth, oxidative stress and neurotoxicity exerted elicited by Pb, Cd and their mixture in green garden snails under the present experimental conditions. Consequently, C. apertus seems to be a suitable model species for the biomarker-based assessment of the biological effects of Pb and Cd, alone or in combinations, thus providing a challenging opportunity to advance in identifying suitable sentinel species for metal pollution biomonitoring and ecosystem health assessment in soil ecosystems in Northern Africa.
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- Anwar Mleiki
- University of Carthage, Faculty of Sciences of Bizerta, Laboratory of Environment Bio-monitoring, Zarzouna, 7021 Bizerta, Tunisia
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- CBET Research Group, Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology (PiE-UPV/EHU), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Areatza w/n, Plentzia-Bizkaia E-48620, Basque Country, Spain; CBET Research Group, BERRILUR Research Consortium, Zoology & Animal Cell Biology Dept. (Science and Technology Faculty), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Sarriena w/n, Leioa-Bizkaia E-48940, Basque Country, Spain
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- CBET Research Group, Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology (PiE-UPV/EHU), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Areatza w/n, Plentzia-Bizkaia E-48620, Basque Country, Spain; CBET Research Group, BERRILUR Research Consortium, Zoology & Animal Cell Biology Dept. (Science and Technology Faculty), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Sarriena w/n, Leioa-Bizkaia E-48940, Basque Country, Spain
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- University of Carthage, Faculty of Sciences of Bizerta, Laboratory of Environment Bio-monitoring, Zarzouna, 7021 Bizerta, Tunisia
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- CBET Research Group, Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology (PiE-UPV/EHU), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Areatza w/n, Plentzia-Bizkaia E-48620, Basque Country, Spain; CBET Research Group, BERRILUR Research Consortium, Zoology & Animal Cell Biology Dept. (Science and Technology Faculty), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Sarriena w/n, Leioa-Bizkaia E-48940, Basque Country, Spain.
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Genotoxicity and cytotoxicity of copper oxychloride in cultured human lymphocytes using cytogenetic and molecular tests. Cytotechnology 2016; 68:2027-36. [PMID: 26754841 DOI: 10.1007/s10616-016-9943-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2015] [Accepted: 01/04/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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The genotoxicity of copper oxychloride was investigated in human lymphocytes using chromosome aberration (CA) and micronucleus (MN) tests and the randomly amplified polymorphic DNA-polymerase chain reaction technique. The lymphocytes were treated with 3, 6, and 12 µg/mL of copper oxychloride for 24 and 48 h. Copper oxychloride increased CA and abnormal cells in a dose-dependent manner. The frequency of MN and micronucleated binuclear cells also increased at all concentrations and treatment periods. However, copper oxychloride cytotoxicity, observed through lower mitotic and nuclear division index, was significantly lower only at the higher concentrations (6 and 12 µg/mL). Copper oxychloride increased the polymorphic bands and decreased genomic template stability. In conclusion, in this study it was confirmed that copper oxychloride has genotoxic potential for human lymphocytes in vitro. Additionally, caution is advised for its use as a fungicide, because it may increase the risk of exposure through the food chain.
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Eybe T, Audinot JN, Udelhoven T, Lentzen E, El Adib B, Ziebel J, Hoffmann L, Bohn T. Determination of oral uptake and biodistribution of platinum and chromium by the garden snail (Helix aspersa) employing nano-secondary ion mass-spectrometry. CHEMOSPHERE 2013; 90:1829-1838. [PMID: 23062942 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.09.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2012] [Revised: 08/04/2012] [Accepted: 09/08/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Environmental heavy metal contamination is a case of concern for both animal and human health. Studying the fate of metals in plant or animal tissues may provide information on pollution. In the present study, we investigated the possibility to follow the biological fate of chromium and platinum uptake in common garden snails (Helix aspersa), typically accumulating high concentrations of metals from their environment. Chromium and platinum were administered orally to snails in 5 groups (n=25/group): control, food contaminated by ca. 2.5 μg g(-1) and 19 μg g(-1) chromium and 2.5 μg g(-1) and 25 μg g(-1) platinum, for 8 weeks. Following exposure, surviving snails were sacrificed, shell and remaining tissue investigated by ICP-MS, and shell, midgut gland and mantle by nano-secondary ion mass-spectrometry (Nano-SIMS). (12)C(14)N-normalized platinum and (40)Ca-normalized chromium measurements indicated highest enrichments in cellular vesicles of the midgut gland, and lower concentrations in mantle and shell, with significantly higher platinum and chromium concentrations in the 2 exposure groups vs. control (P<0.05), with somewhat differing distribution patterns for chromium and platinum. Comparable results were obtained by ICP-MS, with both chromium and platinum fed snails showing drastically elevated concentrations of metals in shell (up to 78 and 122 μg g(-1) dw platinum and chromium, respectively) and in other tissues (up to 200 and 1125 μg g(-1) dw platinum and chromium, respectively). Nano-SIMS allowed for semi-quantitative comparison of metal fate in snail tissues, making this an interesting technique for future studies in the area of environmental pollution.
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- Tanja Eybe
- Centre de Recherche Public-Gabriel Lippmann, Environment and Agro-biotechnologies Department, 41 Rue du Brill, L-4422 Belvaux, Luxembourg
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Nica DV, Bordean DM, Borozan AB, Gergen I, Bura M, Banatean-Dunea I. Use of land snails (pulmonata) for monitoring copper pollution in terrestrial ecosystems. REVIEWS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2013; 225:95-137. [PMID: 23494558 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-6470-9_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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- Dragos V Nica
- Faculty of Animal Sciences and Biotechnologies, Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, C. Aradului 119, 300645, Timisoara, Romania,
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Komárek M, Čadková E, Chrastný V, Bordas F, Bollinger JC. Contamination of vineyard soils with fungicides: a review of environmental and toxicological aspects. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2010; 36:138-151. [PMID: 19913914 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2009.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 324] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2009] [Revised: 10/06/2009] [Accepted: 10/16/2009] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The contamination of agricultural soils with inorganic (Cu-based) and organic pesticides (including their residues) presents a major environmental and toxicological concern. This review summarizes available studies published on the contamination of vineyard soils throughout the world with Cu-based and synthetic organic fungicides. It focuses on the behavior of these contaminants in vineyard soils and the associated environmental and toxicological risks. The concentrations of Cu in soils exceed the legislative limits valid in the EU in the vast majority of the studied vineyards. Regarding the environmental and toxicological hazards associated with the extensive use of fungicides, the choice of fungicides should be performed carefully according to the physico-chemical properties of the soils and climatic and hydrogeological characteristics of the vine-growing regions.
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- Michael Komárek
- Department of Agro-Environmental Chemistry and Plant Nutrition, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 21, Prague 6, Czech Republic; Groupement de Recherche Eau, Sol, Environnement (GRESE), Université de Limoges, 123, Av. Albert Thomas, 87060, Limoges, France.
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- Department of Agro-Environmental Chemistry and Plant Nutrition, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 21, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Czech Geological Survey, Geologická 6, 152 00, Prague 5, Czech Republic; Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 31, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Groupement de Recherche Eau, Sol, Environnement (GRESE), Université de Limoges, 123, Av. Albert Thomas, 87060, Limoges, France
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- Groupement de Recherche Eau, Sol, Environnement (GRESE), Université de Limoges, 123, Av. Albert Thomas, 87060, Limoges, France
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