Seasonal variations of imposex indices and butyltin concentrations in the rock shell Thais clavigera collected from Hong Kong waters

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 63, Issue 5-12, 2011, Pages 482-488

  Qiu, Jian Wen ^a   Chan, Ka Ming ^a   Leung, Kenneth Mei Yee ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antifouling paints; Endocrine disruption; Neogastropod; TBT; Thais clavigera

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORS; COASTAL SITES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; HONG-KONG; IMPOSEX; NEOGASTROPOD; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHIPPING ACTIVITIES; STANDARD PROTOCOLS; TBT; THAIS CLAVIGERA; TISSUE CONCENTRATIONS; TRIBUTYLTIN; VAS DEFERENS;

ANTIFOULING PAINT; FOULING; TISSUE;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BUTYLTIN DERIVATIVE; DIBUTYLTIN; TRIBUTYLTIN;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; BUTYLTIN; COASTAL WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GASTROPOD; IMPOSEX; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GASTROPOD; HONG KONG; IMPOSEX; MALE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; SUMMER; THAIS CLAVIGERA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WINTER;

ANIMALS; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GASTROPODA; HONG KONG; MALE; ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS; PENIS; SEASONS; SEX RATIO; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

NEOGASTROPODA; THAIS CLAVIGERA;

EID: 79960367672     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.02.032     Document Type: Article

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