Transplant bioassay induces different imposex responses in two species of the genus Stramonita

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 397-404

  Castro, Ítalo Braga ^a   Rocha Barreira, Cristina de Almeida ^b   Fernandez, Marcos Antônio ^c   Bigatti, Gregório ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

bioassay; Imposex; organotin; sensitivity; Stramonita haemastoma; Stramonita rustica

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; IMPOSEX; PERIODICITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; SHELL; SHIP HANDLING; SNAIL; SPECIMEN BANK;

BRAZIL;

GASTROPODA; STRAMONITA; STRAMONITA HAEMASTOMA; STRAMONITA RUSTICA;

EID: 84858769207     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000.2011.627923     Document Type: Article

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