Decline of butyltin levels in Caprella spp. (Crustacea: Amphipoda) inhabiting the Sargassum community in Otsuchi Bay, Japan from 1994 to 2001

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 911-918

  Takeuchi, Ichiro ^a   Takahashi, Shin ^b   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^c  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BUTYLTIN; CRUSTACEAN; POLLUTION CONTROL;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; IWATE; JAPAN; OTSUCHI BAY; TOHOKU; WORLD;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; CAPRELLA; CRUSTACEA; SARGASSUM;

EID: 7544219529     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315404010185h     Document Type: Article

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