Relationship between tissue concentrations of tibutyltin and shell morphology in field populations of Mytilus edulis

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 500-504

  Page, D S ^a   Dassanayake, T M ^a   Gilfillan, E S ^a  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIBUTYL PHOSPHATE;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MAINE; SEAWATER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRIALKYLTIN COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0030052380     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900072     Document Type: Article

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