Survival of Nucella lapillus in a tributyltin-polluted area in west Brittany: A further example of a male genital defect (Dumpton syndrome) favouring survival

Marine Biology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 543-549

  Huet, M ^a   Paulet, Y M ^a   Le Pennec, M ^a  

^a UFR SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; NUCELLA LAPILLUS;

ABNORMALITIES; DUMPTON SYNDROME; GENITAL DEFECT; ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION RESISTANCE; SURVIVAL; TBT; TRIBUTYLTIN;

FRANCE, BRITTANY, BREST;

EID: 0029660428     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00353267     Document Type: Article

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