A comparison of the effectiveness of tri-n-butyltin chloride and five other organotin compounds in promoting the development of imposex in the dog-whelk, Nucella lapillus

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 733-744

  Bryan, G W ^a   Gibbs, P E ^a   Burt, G R ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFOULING PAINT; DOG WHELK; IMPOSEX; ORGANOTIN; TRIBUTYLTIN;

NUCELLA LAPILLUS;

EID: 0024250673     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315400028836     Document Type: Article

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