Biological indicators used to map organotin contamination in Cork Harbour, Ireland

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 188-195

  Minchin, Dan ^a   Stroben, Eberhard ^b   Oehlmann, Jörg ^c   Bauer, Barbara ^b   Duggan, Colm B ^a   Keatinge, Michael ^a  

^a MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c International Graduate School Zittau   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANOTIN COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HERMAPHRODITISM; IRELAND; OYSTER; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SHIPPING; SNAIL;

LITTORINA LITTOREA; NUCELLA LAPILLUS; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; GASTROPODA; OSTREIDAE;

ANTIFOULING SUBSTANCES; IMPOSEX; INTERSEX; POLLUTION INDICATORS; TBT CONTAMINATION;

IRELAND, CORK, CORK HARBOUR;

EID: 0029668532     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-326X(95)00120-C     Document Type: Article

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