The decline of the North Sea whelk (Buccinum undatum L.) between 1970 and 1990: A natural or a human-induced event?

Marine Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 333-343

  Ten Hallers Tjabbes, Cato C ^a,b   Everaarts, Jan M ^a,b   Mensink, Berend P ^a   Boon, Jan P ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b CaTO Marine Ecosystems   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Imposex; North Sea; Pollution; Tributyltin

Indexed keywords

BUCCINUM UNDATUM; GASTROPODA;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS; DECLINE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION NUMBER; WHELK;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0030517824     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.1996.tb00512.x     Document Type: Article

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