Widespread recovery of dogwhelks, Nucella lapillus (L.), from tributyltin contamination in the North Sea and Clyde Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 263-269

  Evans, S M ^a   Evans, P M ^a   Leksono, T ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIBUTYLTIN;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ESTUARY; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEA POLLUTION; SHIPPING; UNITED KINGDOM;

NUCELLA LAPILLUS;

ANTIFOULING PAINT; ANTIFOULING SUBSTANCES; BIOLOGICAL RECOVERY; DOGWHELK; IMPOSEX; MOLLUSC; POLLUTION CONTROL; TRIBUTYLTIN;

NORTH SEA; UK, SCOTLAND, CLYDE SEA;

EID: 0029667860     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-326X(95)00127-9     Document Type: Article

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