Tributyltin (TBT) pollution in the coastal waters of west Brittany as indicated by imposex in Nucella lapillus

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 157-167

  Huet, M ^a   Paulet, Y M ^a   Glemarec M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILIZATION; FRANCE; GASTROPOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

NUCELLA LAPILLUS;

ANTIFOULING SUBSTANCES; IMPOSEX; LEGISLATION; TBT; WATER POLLUTION;

FRANCE, BRITTANY;

EID: 0029669235     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0141-1136(95)00152-2     Document Type: Article

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