Organotin pollution at Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil: increasing levels after the TBT ban
Imposex, an endocrine disruption phenomenon, is a biomarker of tributyltin (TBT) exposure in marine gastropod populations. The occurrence and intensity of the syndrome in populations of the neogastropod Stramonita haemastoma were ascertained at nine sampling stations in October 2008 at Arraial do Ca...
Main Authors: | Raquel Toste, Marcos Antônio Fernandez, Igor de Araújo Pessoa, Mateus Alves Parahyba, Marina Pereira Dore |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2011-03-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Oceanography |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-87592011000100008 |
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