IMPOSEX IN WHELKS (BUCCINUM-UNDATUM) FROM THE OPEN NORTH-SEA - RELATION TO SHIPPING TRAFFIC INTENSITIES

Authors
TENHALLERSTJABBES CC KEMP JF BOON JP
Citation
Cc. Tenhallerstjabbes et al., IMPOSEX IN WHELKS (BUCCINUM-UNDATUM) FROM THE OPEN NORTH-SEA - RELATION TO SHIPPING TRAFFIC INTENSITIES, Marine pollution bulletin, 28(5), 1994, pp. 311-313
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology","Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Marine pollution bulletin → ACNP
ISSN journal
0025326X
Volume
28
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
311 - 313
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-326X(1994)28:5<311:IIW(FT>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Imposex in female whelks (Buccinum undatum L.) from the open North Sea is reported for the first time. The frequency of occurrence of a peni s homologue and the mean length of this homologue increased with shipp ing intensity. Twenty years ago whelks from the area did not show sign s of imposex.