The occurrence of imposex in Hexaplex trunculus from the Croatian Adriatic

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 810-812

  Prime, M ^a   Peharda, M ^b   Jelic K ^b   Mladineo, I ^b   Richardson, C A ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER; TRIBUTYLTIN;

IMPOSEX; SNAIL;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; DIVING; FEMALE; FEMALE PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; GASTROPOD; IMPOSEX; NONHUMAN; PENIS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TOURISM; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CROATIA; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GASTROPODA; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; PENIS; SEAWATER; TRIALKYLTIN COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ADRIATIC COAST [CROATIA]; CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

HEXAPLEX TRUNCULUS;

EID: 33746324241     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.03.013     Document Type: Article

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