Imposex and butyltin concentrations in Bolinus brandaris (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from the northern Tunisian coast

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 177, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 375-384

  Abidli, Sami ^a   Lahbib, Youssef ^a   Trigui El Menif, Najoua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Gastropod; Gulf of Tunis; Lagoon of Bizerta; TBT

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; GASTROPOD; GULF OF TUNIS; LAGOON OF BIZERTA; TBT;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ANIMALS; ANTIFOULING PAINT; FOULING; LAKES; POLLUTION; TISSUE;

TIN;

BUTYLTIN;

BIOINDICATOR; BUTYLTIN; COASTAL ZONE; GASTROPOD; IMPOSEX; MARINE POLLUTION; METABOLITE; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ARTICLE; BOLINUS BRANDARIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GASTROPOD; GASTROPOD DISEASE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; IMPOSEX; LAGOON; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PENIS; SEASHORE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE LEVEL; TUNISIA; VAS DEFERENS; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GASTROPODA; MALE; ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS; SEAWATER; TUNISIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BIZERTE; BIZERTE LAGOON; GULF OF TUNIS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TUNISIA;

BOLINUS BRANDARIS; GASTROPODA; MURICIDAE;

EID: 79959718704     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1640-z     Document Type: Article

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