Neogastropod imposex for monitoring recovery from marine TBT contamination

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 560-567

  Tester, Monica ^a   Ellis, Derek V ^a   Thompson, J A Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Imposex; Recovery; TBT; Whelks

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TRIBUTYLTIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SNAIL;

GASTROPODA; NEOGASTROPODA; NUCELLA EMARGINATA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0029988728     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1996)015<0560:NIFMRF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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