The value and validity of community-based research: TBT contamination of the North Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 220-225

  Evans, S M ^a   Birchenough, A C ^a   Fletcher, H ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community based; Dogwhelk; Imposex; Nucella lapillus; TBT; Tributyltin; Volunteer

Indexed keywords

ANTIFOULING AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PAINT; TRIBUTYLTIN;

IMPOSEX; POLLUTION MONITORING; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROPOD; INFERTILITY; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; SCIENCE; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE;

NORTH SEA;

NUCELLA LAPILLUS;

EID: 0034001302     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(99)00228-3     Document Type: Article

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