Recovery of marine periphyton communities around a Swedish marina after the ban of TBT use in antifouling paint

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 437-442

  Blanck, H ^a   Dahl, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Field study; Microalgae; Organotin; PICT; Recovery; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ANTIFOULING AGENT; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; PERIPHYTON; POLLUTION-INDUCED COMMUNITY TOLERANCE; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ARTICLE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PLANT GROWTH; SEA POLLUTION; SEASON; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0032102596     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(97)00209-9     Document Type: Article

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