Seasonal changes in imposex and tissue burden of butyltin compounds in Thais clavigera populations along the coastal area of Mirs Bay, China

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 6-12, 2008, Pages 645-651

  Chan, Ka Ming ^a   Leung, Kenneth Mei Yee ^b   Cheung, Kwai Chung ^a   Wong, Ming Hung ^a   Qiu, Jian Wen ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Imposex; Shenzhen; Thais clavigera; Tributyltin; Yantian Port

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTAMINATION; PORTS AND HARBORS; TISSUE;

RELATIVE PENIS SIZE INDEX (RPSI); THAIS CLAVIGERA; TRIBUTYLTIN; VAS DEFERENS SEQUENCE INDEX (VDSI);

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BUTYLTIN; TRIBUTYLTIN;

BUTYLTIN; COASTAL ZONE; GASTROPOD; IMPOSEX; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROPOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; THAIS CLAVIGERA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CHINA; FEMALE; GASTROPODA; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; OCEANS AND SEAS; ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS; SEASONS; SEX RATIO; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; HONG KONG; MIRS BAY; NEW TERRITORIES; SHENZHEN; YANTIAN;

GASTROPODA; THAIS CLAVIGERA;

EID: 46549083148     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.02.040     Document Type: Article

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