Incidence of intersex in male clams Scrobicularia plana in the Guadiana Estuary (Portugal)

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1104-1109

  Gomes, T ^a   Gonzalez Rey, M ^a   Bebianno, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Guadiana Estuary; Intersex; Scrobicularia plana

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIVALVE; DISCHARGE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FEMINIZATION; INTERSEX; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROBICULARIA PLANA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MALE; MICROSCOPY; OOCYTES; PORTUGAL; TESTIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GUADIANA ESTUARY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; SCROBICULARIA PLANA;

EID: 70349583497     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-009-0359-5     Document Type: Article

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