TBT causes regime shift in shallow lakes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 5269-5275

  Sayer, Carl D ^a   Hoare, Daniel J ^a   Simpson, Gavin L ^a   Henderson, Andrew C G ^a   Liptrot, Eleanor R ^a   Jackson, Michael J ^b   Appleby, Peter G ^c   Boyle, John F ^c   Jones, J Iwan ^d   Waldock, Mike J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Acroloxus Wetlands Consultancy Ltd   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER; PHYTOPLANKTON; TRIBUTYLTIN (TBT);

ANTIFOULING PAINT; BIOCIDES; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; ORGANOMETALLICS; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY; VEGETATION;

LAKE POLLUTION;

ANTIFOULING AGENT; BIOCIDE; CESIUM 137; LAKE WATER; LEAD 210; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; RADIUM 226; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ANTIFOULING PAINT; BIOCIDES; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE POLLUTION; ORGANOMETALLICS; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY; VEGETATION;

ANTIFOULING; IMPOSEX; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MOLLUSC; PESTICIDE; SEDIMENT CORE; TOXICITY; TRIBUTYLTIN;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; CHAROPHYTA; CLADOCERA; DIATOM; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROPHYTE; MOLLUSC; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADIOMETRY; RECREATION; SEDIMENT; VEGETATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

TRIALKYLTIN COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 33748571515     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es060161o     Document Type: Article

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