The 18 Galician Rias, comprising 25% of the Iberian Peninsula coastline, form a unique
system within the European continental Atlantic coast and provide a useful reference area …

Prosobranch snails have been afflicted globally by a condition whereby females develop
male sex characteristics, most notably a penis. This condition, known as imposex, has been …

We investigated the occurrence of imposex in gastropods from the coastal waters of
mainland China from November 1999 to July 2004. Imposex was found in 30 species from 8 …

Imposex, a bioindicator of TBT contamination, was re-examined in 2000, five years after the
first survey, in populations of the dogwhelk Nucella lapillus sampled along the Portuguese …

Between July 1998 and January 1999, levels of imposex (superimposition of male
characters upon females) and organotin bioaccumulation (tributyltin, TBT; dibutyltin; …

Marine organisms adapt to a wide variety of environments, often altering their morphology
and behavior in response to local habitat. This study addressed the effects of habitat (wave …

In the beginning of the twenty first century, the International Program on Chemical Safety
published a document entitled Global Assessment of the State-Of-The-Science of Endocrine …

The present investigation is the most extensive survey of imposex in gastropods from the
west coast of Thailand. Imposex in Thais distinguenda increased significantly (p< 0.001; Chi …

This study evaluates the risk posed by selected organic pollutants on the culture of the
marine mussel in the Galician coast (NW Iberian Peninsula), which depends on collection of …

Triphenyltin (TPT) was used until recently as a biocide in antifouling systems and nowadays
is still applied as an agriculture pesticide in some countries. This compound is known to …