TBT-induced imposex related to age and length in Buccinum undatum at two localities in Balsfjorden

• Main Author: Dahl-Hansen, Ida Elisabeth
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universitetet i Tromsø 2009
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497; Buccinum undatum; tributyltin (TBT); imposex; morphology; BIO-3950; Balsfjord; Balsfjorden; Norway; Berg; Northern Norway; Troms
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/1894

Background: The organotin compound tributyltin (TBT), used as an antifouling agent in ship hull paint, is known to cause imposex in several species of marine gastropods. Imposex is the imposition of male sexual characteristics on females, and can lead to female sterility. The common whelk, Buccinum...