Metallic pollution in estuaries, with special reference to the effects of tributyltin (TBT) and copper on the early life stages of Scrobicularia plana (Mollusca: Bivalvia)
During the 1980s a decline in populations of the bivalve Scrobicularia plana was noted in several U.K. estuaries: tributyltin (TBT) was suspected of being the cause although its toxicity to adults could not be demonstrated except at elevated concentrations; disappearance of clam populations has been...
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University of Plymouth
1993
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