Long-term effects of tri-n-butyl-tin on the function of a marine sediment system

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 188, Issue , 1999, Pages 1-11

  Dahllof I ^a   Blanck, H ^a   Hall, P O J ^a   Molander, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Function; Long term effects; Marine sediment; Nutrient and oxygen fluxes; TBT

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SEDIMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; TRIBUTYLTIN;

EID: 0033520804     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps188001     Document Type: Article

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