Distribution of butyltin and derivatives in oyster shells and trapped sediments of two estuaries in Cantabria (Northern Spain)

Chemosphere

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 623-629

  Diaz J ^a   Higuera Ruiz, R ^b   Elorza, J ^b   Irabien, A ^a   Ortiz, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Butyltin; Distribution; Oyster shell; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROWTH KINETICS; ORGANOMETALLICS; SEDIMENTS;

BUTYLTIN; OYSTER SHELL; PARTITION COEFFICIENTS;

TIN COMPOUNDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROWTH KINETICS; ORGANOMETALLICS; SEDIMENTS; TIN COMPOUNDS;

BIODEGRADATION; BIVALVE; BUTYLTIN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GROWTH; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SHELL; TIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION; ESTUARY; OYSTER; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTION;

CANTABRIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 33846187191     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.08.034     Document Type: Article

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