Long-term trends in imposex in six populations of Stramonita haemastoma

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 685-694

  Stickle, William B ^a   Zhang, Zhengyu ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPOSEX; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SNAIL; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GASTROPODA; MURICIDAE; STRAMONITA HAEMASTOMA;

EID: 0344495992     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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