Estudio morfológico y microestructural de Crassostrea gigas en estuarios y puertos deportivos del oeste de la costa de Bizkaia

This work analyses the morphology and the microstructural characteristics of some specimens of Crassostrea gigas collected in diferents points of the Biscay coast. Oysters recollected in yachting harbours, where they are in contact with tributyl-tin (TBT), have morphologycal and microstructural shel...

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Main Authors: Ibisate, Ruth, Elorza, Javier
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Spanish
Published: 2007
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/8357
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Summary:This work analyses the morphology and the microstructural characteristics of some specimens of Crassostrea gigas collected in diferents points of the Biscay coast. Oysters recollected in yachting harbours, where they are in contact with tributyl-tin (TBT), have morphologycal and microstructural shell anomalies. The presence of TBT in the sea water and the associated shell anomalies in oyster are more obvious and detectables in spring because of the maintenance of the ships. In other sampling areas, although the bivalves have not shown any malformations, other morphologycal variations associated to the abundance of nutrients have been determinated