Tributyltin contamination in two estuaries and adjacent ocean coasts: Puget sound, washington, and narragansett bay, rhode island (USA)

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 221-229

  Evans, S M ^a   Barnes, N ^a   Birchenough, A C ^a   Brancato, M S ^b   Hardman, E ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Parametrix Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Littorina littorea; Narragansett bay; Nucella emarginata; Nucella lamellosa; Nucella lapillus; Puget sound; Tbt; Tributyltin

Indexed keywords

ANTIFOULING AGENT; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BUTYLTIN; COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTUARY; PACIFIC OCEAN; SHIPPING INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

LITTORINA LITTOREA; NUCELLA;

EID: 0034768137     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2001.9652486     Document Type: Article

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