Imposex and butyltin burden in Bolinus brandaris (Mollusca, Gastropoda) and sediment from the Tunisian coast

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 714, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-24

  Abidli, Sami ^a   Lahbib, Youssef ^a   González, Pablo Rodríguez ^b   Alonso, José Ignacio García ^b   Trigui El Menif, Najoua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Bolinus brandaris; Imposex; Organotins; Sediments; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL SEDIMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMPOSEX; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SNAIL; STERILITY; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TRIBUTYLTIN;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TUNISIA;

BOLINUS BRANDARIS; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84879418818     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-013-1505-x     Document Type: Article

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