Organotin levels and imposex development in the benthic gastropods Buccinum undatum, Neptunea antiqua from the North Sea. Relations to shipping density and hydrography

C.C. Ten Hallers-Tjabbes, J.W.M. Wegener, A.G.M. van Hattum, J.F. Kemp, E. Ten Hallers, J.P. Boon

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Abstract

The presence and the development of imposex were investigated in the common whelk (Buccinum undatum) and the red whelk (Neptunea antiqua) from the open North Sea and the Skagerrak. Imposex development was related to levels of organotins in snails and in the fine fractions (<63 μm) of the sediments they inhabit. The sampling locations were classified according to three levels of traffic densities of ships of ≥100 gt per day passing within 15 Nautical miles of the sampling station, shipping levels being: high (>10 ships day
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)203-233
JournalMarine Environmental Research
Volume53
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003

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