Imposex and accumulation of organotin compounds in populations of Hexaplex trunculus (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from the Lagoon of Venice (Italy) and Istrian Coast (Croatia)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 615-622

  Garaventa, Francesca ^a   Centanni, Elena ^b   Pellizzato, Francesca ^b   Faimali, Marco ^a   Terlizzi, Antonio ^c   Pavoni, Bruno ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; TRIBUTYLTIN; TRICYCLOHEXYLTIN; TRIPHENYLTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; GASTROPOD; IMPOSEX; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROATIA; FEMALE; GASTROPOD; HEXAPLEX TRUNCULUS; ITALY; LAGOON; MALE; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; VISCERA; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; ITALY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS; PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; SNAILS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISTRIA; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE LAGOON;

GASTROPODA; HEXAPLEX TRUNCULUS; MURICIDAE;

EID: 34247849139     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.11.023     Document Type: Article

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