Stramonita haemastoma as a bioindicator for organotin contamination in coastal environments

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 384-398

  Limaverde, Aricelso Maia ^a   de L Rebello Wagener, Angela ^a   Fernandez, Marcos A ^b   de L Scofield, Arthur ^a   Coutinho, Ricardo ^c  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Guanabara Bay; Organotins; Stramonita (Thais) haemastoma

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; CONTAMINATION; TISSUE; WATER POLLUTION;

INOCULATION; TRIBUTYLTIN (TBT); TRIPHENYLTIN (TPHT); TROPICAL ATLANTIC OCEAN;

OCEAN HABITATS;

ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; TRIBUTYLTIN; TRIPHENYLTIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GASTROPOD; IMPOSEX; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; POLLUTION EFFECT; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOASSAY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; IMPOSEX; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PERNA; PERNA PERNAS; RELIABILITY; STRAMONITA HAEMASTOMA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GASTROPODA; MALE; ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS; SEAWATER; TRIALKYLTIN COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); BRAZIL; GUANABARA BAY; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

PERNA; STRAMONITA HAEMASTOMA;

EID: 34547421708     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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