Imposex in gastropods from Venezuela;Imposex en gastrópodos de Venezuela

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 319-324

  Miloslavich, P ^a   Penchaszadeh, P E ^b   Bigatti, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b UBA ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Edible gastropods; Imposex; Marine pollution; Southern Caribbean; TBT

Indexed keywords

ANTIFOULING; BIOINDICATOR; GASTROPOD; IMPOSEX; MARINE POLLUTION; TRIBUTYLTIN;

SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

CHICOREUS; GASTROPODA; LEUCOZONIA; PHYLLONOTUS;

EID: 35448938016     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v33i3.1147     Document Type: Article

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