Imposex in Ilyanassa obsoleta still common in a Delaware estuary

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 97-101

  Curtis, Lawrence A ^a   Kinley, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Delaware; Estuary; Gastropod; Ilyanassa obsoleta; Imposex; Pollution; TBT

Indexed keywords

ANTIFOULING AGENT; TRIBUTYLTIN;

IMPOSEX; MUD SNAIL; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ESTUARY; FEMALE; GASTROPOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS; SEA POLLUTION; SNAIL; SUMMER; UNITED STATES;

DELAWARE; USA;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; ILYANASSA OBSOLETA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031972096     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(98)90041-8     Document Type: Article

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