Survey of imposex in prosobranchs mollusks along the northern Mediterranean coast of Morocco

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-214

  Lemghich, I ^a   Benajiba, M H ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Imposex; Mollusks; Moroccan Mediterranean coast; Tributyltin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMARKERS; COASTAL ZONES; WATER POLLUTION;

IMPOSEX; MOLLUSKS; MOROCCAN MEDITERRANEAN COAST; TRIBUTYLTIN;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIOMARKER; COASTAL WATER; HARBOR; IMPOSEX; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SNAIL; SURVEY; TRIBUTYLTIN;

AFRICA; CHAOUEN; MARTIL; MDIQ; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [MOROCCO]; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; TANGER-TETOUAN; TANGIER;

MOLLUSCA; MUREX; MUREX BRANDARIS; NEOGASTROPODA; THAIS HAEMASTOMA;

EID: 33846634517     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2005.09.007     Document Type: Article

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