Long-term temporal trends (1992-2008) of imposex status associated with organotin contamination in the dogwhelk Nucella lapillus along the Icelandic coast

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 63, Issue 5-12, 2011, Pages 500-507

  Gudmundsdóttir, Lovísa Ó ^a   Ho, Kevin K Y ^b   Lam, James C W ^b   Svavarsson, Jörundur ^a   Leung, Kenneth M Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antifouling paint; Imposex; Neogastropod; Organotin; Recovery; TBT

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; ICELANDICS; IMPOSEX; NEOGASTROPOD; NUCELLA LAPILLUS; ORGANOTIN CONTAMINATION; ORGANOTINS; TBT; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TISSUE CONCENTRATIONS; TRIBUTYLTIN; TRIPHENYLTIN;

ANTIFOULING PAINT; FOULING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TISSUE;

ORGANOMETALLICS;

TRIBUTYLTIN; TRIPHENYLTIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HARBOR; IMPOSEX; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; POLLUTION MONITORING; SNAIL; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROPOD; ICELAND; IMPOSEX; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCELLA LAPILLUS; POLLUTION MONITORING; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE;

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

ICELAND;

NEOGASTROPODA; NUCELLA LAPILLUS;

EID: 79960383429     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.02.012     Document Type: Article

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