Imposex of Thais clavigera and Cantharus cecillei in the coastal waters of Xiamen

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 4640-4648

  Tang, Li ^a   Liu, Qing Po ^b   Shi, Hua Hong ^b   Wang, Xin Hong ^a   Hong, Hua Sheng ^a   Wu, Shui Ping ^a   Zhao, Dong Mei ^a   Luo, Hui ^a   Xie, Wei ^a   Fang, Chao ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cantharus cecillei; Gastropod; Imposex; Organotin compounds; Thais clavigera; Xiamen

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COASTAL WATER; GASTROPOD; HARBOR; IMPOSEX; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO; SHIPPING; SNAIL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUJIAN; XIAMEN BAY;

CANTHARUS; GASTROPODA; NEOGASTROPODA; THAIS CLAVIGERA;

EID: 70350191987     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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