The use of imposex to assess tributyltin contamination in coastal waters and open seas

Imposex in muricid gastropods has been used to monitor tributyltin (TBT) contamination worldwide. Pollution was severe during the 1980s but regulations prohibiting the use of TBT-based antifoulants on vessels

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Science of the total environment 2000-08, Vol.258 (1), p.73-80
Hauptverfasser:	Evans, S.M, Nicholson, G.J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal, plant and microbial ecology Animals Applied ecology Applied sciences Biological and medical sciences Brackish Buccinum undatum Common whelk Dogwhelk Earth sciences Earth, ocean, space Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution Effects of pollution and side effects of pesticides on protozoa and invertebrates Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics Environmental Monitoring - methods Exact sciences and technology Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gonads - abnormalities Imposex Marine Mollusca - anatomy & histology Mollusca - drug effects Muricidae Natural water pollution Nucella lapillus Pollution Pollution, environment geology Seawaters, estuaries Ships Trialkyltin Compounds - analysis Tributyltin Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis Water treatment and pollution
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Zusammenfassung:	Imposex in muricid gastropods has been used to monitor tributyltin (TBT) contamination worldwide. Pollution was severe during the 1980s but regulations prohibiting the use of TBT-based antifoulants on vessels
ISSN:	0048-9697 1879-1026
DOI:	10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00507-6