RECOVERY OF DOGWHELK POPULATIONS ON THE ISLE OF CUMBRAE, SCOTLAND FOLLOWING LEGISLATION LIMITING THE USE OF TBT AS AN ANTIFOULANT

Authors
EVANS SM HAWKINS ST PORTER J SAMOSIR AM
Citation
Sm. Evans et al., RECOVERY OF DOGWHELK POPULATIONS ON THE ISLE OF CUMBRAE, SCOTLAND FOLLOWING LEGISLATION LIMITING THE USE OF TBT AS AN ANTIFOULANT, Marine pollution bulletin, 28(1), 1994, pp. 15-17
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology","Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Marine pollution bulletin → ACNP
ISSN journal
0025326X
Volume
28
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
15 - 17
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-326X(1994)28:1<15:RODPOT>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
There is evidence of recovery from symptoms of imposer in populations of dogwhelks Nucella lapillus (L.) from study sites on the Isle of Cum brae (Scotland) and, in particular, on shores adjacent to the town of Millport. RPSI scores and the numbers of 'penis-bearing' females have decreased, and the numbers of dogwhelks on the shore have increased, b etween 1988 and 1993. Dogwhelks were not found at all at one site at M illport in 1988 but were abundant there by 1992-93.