Imposex and surface sediment speciation: A combined approach to evaluate organotin contamination in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 435-452

  Fernandez, M A ^a,b,c   Wagener, A De Luca Rebello ^a   Limaverde, A M ^a   Scofield, A L ^a   Pinheiro, F M ^b   Rodrigues, E ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Guanabara Bay; Imposex; Sediments; Stramonita haemastoma; TBT

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINAS; MARINE POLLUTION; PORTS AND HARBORS; SEDIMENTS; SHIPYARDS; TIN COMPOUNDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MATRICES; IMPOSEX; ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS;

ORGANOMETALLICS;

ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; TRIBUTYLTIN; TRIPHENYLTIN CHLORIDE;

IMPOSEX; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

BRAZIL; DEGRADATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PENIS; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BRAZIL; GUANABARA BAY; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

GASTROPODA; MURICIDAE; STRAMONITA HAEMASTOMA;

EID: 10444268051     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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