The use of Littorina littorea for tributyltin (TBT) effect monitoring - results from the German TBT survey 1994/1995 and laboratory experiments

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 299-309

  Bauer, B ^a   Fioroni, P ^a   Schulte Oehlmann, U ^a   Oehlmann, J ^b   Kalbfus, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b International Graduate School Zittau   (Germany)

^c Institute for Water Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological effect monitoring; Imposex; Intersex; Littorina littorea; TBT

Indexed keywords

TRIBUTYLTIN;

BIOLOGICAL TBT-EFFECT; BIOMONITORING; INTERSEX; MALFORMATION; ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION MONITORING; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CORRELATION FUNCTION; GERMANY; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SNAIL; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; LITTORINA LITTOREA; NUCELLA LAPILLUS;

EID: 0030755165     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(97)00049-3     Document Type: Article

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