Butyltin contamination of sediments and Benthic fish from the East, Gulf and Pacific coasts of the United States

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-89

  Krone, Cheryl A ^a   Stein, John E ^a   Varanasi, Usha ^a  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTYLTIN; DIBUTYLTIN; DIBUTYLTIN DICHLORIDE; TRIBUTYLTIN; TRIBUTYLTIN CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTAMINATION; FISH; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; STOMACH CONTENT;

GENYONEMUS LINEATUS; MICROPOGONIAS UNDULATUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS;

BENTHIC FISH; BUTYLTIN; ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTS; TRIBUTYLTIN;

USA;

EID: 0029668533     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00395168     Document Type: Article

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