Le tributyletain et ses produits de degradation dans l'estuaire du saint-laurent (canada) tributyltin and its degradation products in the st lawrence estuary (canada)

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1209-1218

  Saint Louis, R ^a   Gobeil, C ^b   Pelletier, E ^c  

^a PAVLOVA Océanologie   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Butyltins; Distribution; Missels; Sediment; St Lawrence Estuary; TBT

Indexed keywords

ANTIFOULING PAINT; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; DOCKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ESTUARIES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INSECTICIDES; SEDIMENTS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

BUTYLTINS; CONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENT; CONTAMINATION LEVELS; DISTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; LAWRENCE ESTUARIES; MISSELS;

MOLLUSCS;

ANTIFOULING AGENT; BUTYLTIN; TRIBUTYLTIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; ESTUARY; ESTUARY POLLUTION; MUSSEL; POLLUTION EFFECTS; SEDIMENT; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CANADA; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT;

CANADA; QUEBEC; ST LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

ANIMALIA; MYKISS; MYKISS EDULIS; RUMEX;

EID: 0031469479     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.1997.9618601     Document Type: Article

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