IMPOSEX IN JAPANESE GASTROPODS (NEOGASTROPODA AND MESOGASTROPODA) - EFFECTS OF TRIBUTYLTIN AND TRIPHENYLTIN FROM ANTIFOULING PAINTS

Authors
HORIGUCHI T SHIRAISHI H SHIMIZU M YAMAZAKI S MORITA M
Citation
T. Horiguchi et al., IMPOSEX IN JAPANESE GASTROPODS (NEOGASTROPODA AND MESOGASTROPODA) - EFFECTS OF TRIBUTYLTIN AND TRIPHENYLTIN FROM ANTIFOULING PAINTS, Marine pollution bulletin, 31(4-12), 1995, pp. 402-405
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology","Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Marine pollution bulletin → ACNP
ISSN journal
0025326X
Volume
31
Issue
4-12
Year of publication
1995
Pages
402 - 405
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-326X(1995)31:4-12<402:IIJG(A>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
In Japan, marine pollution by organotin compounds is serious and impos ex is known to occur in marine gastropods. However, a detailed survey on imposex had not previously been conducted. The first country-wide s urvey and laboratory experiments on imposex in Japanese gastropods has now been carried out, and the results are reported herein.