Morphological expression and different stages of imposex in Hexaplex trunculus (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from tunisian coasts

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 315-326

  Lahbib, Youssef ^a   Labidli, Sami ^a   Le Pennec, Marcel ^b   Flower, Roger ^c   El Menif, Najoua Trigui ^a  

^a University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hexaplex trunculus; Imposex; Laboratory exposure; Transplantation; Tributyltin (TBT); Tunisia

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GASTROPOD; IMPOSEX; MASCULINIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION; TRIBUTYLTIN;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

GASTROPODA; HEXAPLEX TRUNCULUS; HINIA RETICULATA; MURICIDAE; NEOGASTROPODA;

EID: 37549003272     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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