Assessment of imposex in the common whelk, Buccinum undatum (L.) from the Eastern Scheldt, The Netherlands

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 315-325

  Mensink, B P ^a   Ten Hallers Tjabbes, C C ^a   Kralt, J ^a   Freriks, I L ^b   Boon, J P ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTYLTIN; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOCRINE GLAND; FOOT; GENITAL SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; MOLLUSC; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; BUCCINUM UNDATUM; HINIA RETICULATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0030561055     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0141-1136(95)00022-4     Document Type: Article

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