Intensity of the imposex phenomenon - Impact on growth and fecundity in Hexaplex trunculus (Mollusca: Gastropoda) collected in Bizerta lagoon and channel (Tunisia)

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-175

  El Menif, Najoua Trigui ^a   Lahbib, Youssef ^a   Le Pennec, Marcel ^b   Flower, Roger ^c   Boumaiza, Moncef ^a  

^a Struggle and Prevention   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fecondity; Gastropod; Growth; Hexaplex trunculus; Imposex; Mollusc

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; GASTROPOD; GROWTH; LAGOON; SPAWNING;

GASTROPODA; HEXAPLEX TRUNCULUS; MOLLUSCA; MUREX;

EID: 33746910249     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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