Butyltins in sediments and deposit-feeding bivalves Scrobicularia plana from Arcachon Bay, France

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 225-231

  Ruiz, J M ^a,b,c   Szpunar, J ^a   Donard, O F X ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LOB CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arcachon bay; Bivalves Scrobicularia plana; Sediments; Tributyltin (TBT)

Indexed keywords

ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FRANCE; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOACCUMULATION; DEPOSIT FEEDERS; DEPOSIT FEEDING; ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TBT; TRIBUTYLTIN;

FRANCE, AQUITAINE, ARCACHON BAY;

BIVALVIA; SCROBICULARIA PLANA;

EID: 0030619151     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)05462-4     Document Type: Article

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