Imposex in endemic volutid from Northeast Brazil (Mollusca: Gastropoda)

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1065-1069

  De Castro, Ítalo Braga ^a   De Meirelles, Carlos Augusto Oliveira ^b,c   Matthews Cascon, Helena ^b,c   De Almeida Rocha Barreira, Cristina ^b   Penchaszadeh, Pablo ^d   Bigatti, Gregório ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Ciencias do Mar   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^e CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Brazil; Contamination; Endemic; Imposex; Organotin; Voluta ebraea

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; LEUCOZONIA NASSA; MOLLUSCA; NEOGASTROPODA; OLIVANCILLARIA; STRAMONITA HAEMASTOMA; STRAMONITA RUSTICA; VOLUTIDAE;

EID: 55749090232     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-89132008000500024     Document Type: Article

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