Experimental effects of tributyltin (TBT) contaminated sediment on a range of meiobenthic communities

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 435-444

  Austen, Melanie C ^a   McEvoy, Andrea J ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; Meiofauna; Microcosm; Sediment; TBT

Indexed keywords

TRIBUTYLTIN;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MEIOBENTHOS; ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION EFFECTS; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRIBUTYLTIN;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; NEMATODE; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

UK, ENGLAND, CORNWALL, LYNHER ESTUARY; UK, ENGLAND, CORNWALL, RAME HEAD; UK, ENGLAND, DEVON, EXE ESTUARY;

NEMATODA;

EID: 0030794808     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(97)00036-5     Document Type: Article

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