Imposex in three marine gastropod species in Chile and ootential impact on muriciculture

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1227-1231

  Gooding, Meredith ^a   Gallardo, Carlos ^b   Leblanc, Gerald ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Chorus giganteus; Gastropod; Imposex; Nucella; Tributyltin

Indexed keywords

TRIBUTYLTIN;

IMPOSEX; MOLLUSC; POLLUTION EFFECT; SHELLFISH CULTURE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BREEDING; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROPOD; GENITAL MALFORMATION; IMPOSEX; INFERTILITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PENIS; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SAMPLE; SEASHORE;

CHILE;

CHORUS GIGANTEUS; GASTROPODA; MURICIDAE; NUCELLA; NUCELLA CRASSILABRUM; XANTHOCHORUS; XANTHOCHORUS CASSIDIFORMIS;

EID: 0033396082     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(99)00167-8     Document Type: Article

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