Imposex in Hexaplex trunculus at some sites on the North Mediterranean Coast as a base-line for future evaluation of the effectiveness of the total ban on organotin based antifouling paints

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 555, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 281-287

  Garaventa, F ^a   Pellizzato, F ^b   Faimali, M ^a   Terlizzi, A ^c   Medakovic, D ^d   Geraci, S ^a   Pavoni, B ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^d RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Hexaplex trunculus; Imposex; Mediterranean Sea; Tributyltin; Triphenyltin

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; COASTAL ZONES; CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; METABOLITES; ORGANOMETALLICS;

HEXAPLEX TRUNCULUS; IMPOSEX; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TRIBUTYLTIN; TRIPHENYLTIN;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANTIFOULING; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMARKER; GASTROPOD; IMPOSEX;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ISTRIA; ITALY; LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE LAGOON;

GASTROPODA; HEXAPLEX TRUNCULUS; NEOGASTROPODA;

EID: 29344445864     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-1124-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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