Triphenyltin and tributyltin, single and in combination, promote imposex in the gastropod Bolinus brandaris

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-162

  Santos, Miguel Machado ^a   Armanda Reis Henriques, Maria ^a,b   Natividade Vieira, Maria ^a,b   Solé, Montserrat ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; APGWamide; Bioindicator; Bolinus brandaris; Chemical mixture; Imposex; Tributyltin; Triphenyltin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALANYLPROLYLGLYCYLTRYPTOPHYLAMIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; TRIBUTYLTIN; TRIPHENYLTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMARKER; BODY MASS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GASTROPOD; IMPOSEX; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TOXICITY; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ARTICLE; BOLINUS BRANDARIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GANGLION; GASTROPOD; IMPOSEX; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PENIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; GASTROPODA; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS; TRIALKYLTIN COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ANIMALIA; BOLINUS BRANDARIS; GASTROPODA; NEOGASTROPODA;

EID: 33747317648     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2005.02.003     Document Type: Article

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