Shell thickening and chambering in the oyster Crassostrea gigas: Natural and anthropogenic influence of tributyltin contamination

Environmental Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 583-591

  Higuera Ruiz, R ^a   Elorza, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

biometric indices; biomonitoring; chambering; Crassostrea gigas; tributyltin

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOMETRICS; SHELLFISH;

ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; BIOMONITORING; CHAMBERING; COASTAL WATERS; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; CULTURE MEDIA; FIELD STUDIES; GIGAS; IN-SHELL; LONGITUDINAL SECTION; NEW INDICES; PRODUCTION SITES; SHELL THICKNESS; TRIBUTYLTIN; VOLUME INDEX;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

TRIBUTYLTIN;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMETRY; BIOMONITORING; BIVALVE; COASTAL WATER; GROWTH RATE; MUSCLE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SHELL; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CONTAMINATED SHELLFISH; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; SHELL THICKNESS INDEX; SHELL VOLUME INDEX; SHELL WEIGHT INDEX; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 79958792697     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2010.506201     Document Type: Article

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