Biological indicators used to map organotin contamination from a fishing port, Killybegs, Ireland

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 235-243

  Minchin, Dan ^a   Bauer, Barbara ^b   Oehlmann, JÖRG ^c   Schulte Oehlmann, Ulrike ^c   Duggan, Colm B ^a  

^a MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c International Graduate School Zittau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicology; Imposex; Intersex; Littorina; Nucella; Organotin; TBT

Indexed keywords

ANTIFOULING AGENT; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; INDICATOR ORGANISM; IRELAND; LAW; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SNAIL;

GASTROPODA; LITTORINA; LITTORINA LITTOREA; NUCELLA; NUCELLA LAPILLUS;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOINDICATORS; DOGWHELK; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS; PERIWINKLE; POLLUTION MONITORING; TBT; TRIBUTYLTIN;

IRELAND, COUNTY DONEGAL, KILLYBEGS;

EID: 0030618189     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(96)00108-7     Document Type: Article

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