Imposex of the netted whelk Nassarius reticulatus (Prosobranchia) in Brittany along a transect from a point source

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-94

  Wirzinger, Gertraud ^a   Vogt, Christian ^a   Bachmann, Jean ^a   Hasenbank, Marc ^a   Liers, Christiane ^b   Stark, Constanze ^b   Ziebart, Simone ^a   Oehlmann, Jörg ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b International Graduate School Zittau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Endocrine disruption; Molluses; Temporal trend; Tributyltin

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GASTROPOD; IMPOSEX; POLLUTION EFFECT; TRIBUTYLTIN;

BRETAGNE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

GASTROPODA; NASSARIUS RETICULATUS; PROSOBRANCHIA;

EID: 34047226229     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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