Tributyltin compounds in mussels, oysters and sediments of Chinhae Bay, Korea

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-70

  Hwang, Hyun Min ^a   Oh, Jae Ryoung ^b   Kahng, Sung Hyun ^b   Lee, Kwang Woo ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chinhae Bay; Degradation rates; Dibutyltin; Korea; Mussels; Sediments; Tributyltin

Indexed keywords

TRIBUTYLTIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; MOLLUSC; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; KOREA; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

SOUTH KOREA;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS EDULIS; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 0032889795     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(98)00023-3     Document Type: Article

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