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Castro, Ítalo Braga de; Braga, Anna Rafaela Cavalcante; Rocha-Barreira, Cristina de Almeida
(2005)
O imposex é um excelente marcador da contaminação marinha por compostos orgânicos de estanho (COEs). Esse fenômeno consiste no surgimento de caracteres sexuais masculinos
mensuráveis, em fêmeas de neogastrópodes. Um ...
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Castro, Ítalo Braga de; Matthews-Cascon, Helena; Fernandez, Marcos Antonio dos Santos
(2000)
O imposex caracteriza-se pelo surgimento de caracteres sexuais masculinos, sobretudo pênis e vaso deferente, em fêmeas de moluscos neogastrópodes. O fenômeno é provocado pela
contaminação da água do mar e/ou da dieta ...
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Castro, Ítalo Braga de; Meirelles, Carlos Augusto Oliveira de; Matthews-Cascon, Helena; Rocha-Barreira, Cristina de Almeida; Penchaszadeh, Pablo; Bigatti, Gregório
(2008)
Imposex is characterized by the development of masculine sexual organs in neogastropod females. Almost 120 mollusk species are known to present imposex when exposed to organic tin compounds as tributyltin (TBT) and ...
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Castro, Ítalo Braga de; Meirelles, Carlos Augusto Oliveira de; Mathews-Cascon, Helena; Rocha-Barreira, Cristina de Almeida; Penchaszadeh, Pablo; Bigatti, Gregório
(2008)
Imposex is characterized by the development of masculine sexual organs in neogastropod females. Almost 120 mollusk species are known to present imposex when exposed to organic tin compounds as tributyltin (TBT) and
triphenyltin ...
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Santos Júnior, Edmundo Camillo dos; Quadros, Juliana; Castro, Ítalo Braga de; Fernandez, Marcos Antonio dos Santos
(2004)
The use of OTC (organotin compounds) as biocides in naval antifouling paints causes impacts on
non-target organisms. One of these impacts is a syndrome called imposex in gastropod molluscs.
Imposex is the imposition of ...
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Santos Júnior, Edmundo Camillo dos; Quadros, Juliana; Castro, Ítalo Braga de; Fernandez, Marcos Antonio dos Santos
(2004)
The use of OTC (organotin compounds) as biocides in naval antifouling paints causes impacts on non-target organisms. One of these impacts is a syndrome called imposex in gastropod molluscs. Imposex is the imposition of ...
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Castro, Ítalo Braga de; Ribeiro-Ferreira, Venina Pires; Lima, Aline Fernandes Alves de; Meirelles, Carlos Augusto Oliveira de; Rocha-Barreira, Cristina de Almeida
(2007)
Imposex in gastropods is used worldwide as a
bioindicator of organotin compounds (OTs). Samples of three prosobranch mollusc species were collected(Stramonita haemastoma, Leucozonia nassa and Cymatium parthenopeum) in ...
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Castro, Ítalo Braga de; Ribeiro-Ferreira, Venina Pires; Meirelles, Carlos Augusto Oliveira de; Rocha-Barreira, Cristina de Almeida; Lima, Aline Fernandes Alves de
(2007)
Imposex in gastropods is used worldwide as a bioindicator of organotin compounds (OTs). Samples of three prosobranch mollusc species were collected(Stramonita haemastoma, Leucozonia nassa and Cymatium parthenopeum) in the ...
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Castro, Ítalo Braga de; Lima, Aline Fernandes Alves de; Braga, Anna Rafaela Cavalcante; Rocha-Barreira, Cristina de Almeida
(2007)
Imposex is the occurrence of male sexual features in female prosobranch mollusks exposed to organotin compounds. Since
imposex has measurable characteristics, it has been used as a bioindication tool for the presence of ...
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Lima, Aline Fernandes Alves de; Castro, Ítalo Braga de; Rocha-Barreira, Cristina de Almeida
(2006)
Marine organisms are affected by organotin compounds due to the cumulative, deleterious effects of these latter. The most evident and well known consequence of organotin contamination is imposex, a hormonal disruption that ...
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Lima, Aline Fernandes Alves de; Castro, Ítalo Braga de; Rocha-Barreira, Cristina de Almeida
(2006)
Marine organisms are affected by organotin compounds due to the cumulative, deleterious effects of these latter. The most evident and well known consequence of organotin contamination is imposex, a hormonal disruption that ...
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Verde, Flávia Bezerra Lima; Castro, Ítalo Braga de; Barreira, Cristina de Almeida Rocha
(2010)
Research on organotin compounds (OTCs) contamination in South America is focused on sand/rocky environments; estuar-ine areas have not yet been investigated. Imposex is an important tool to evaluate OTC contamination. The ...
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Queiroz, Liana Rodrigues; Castro, Ítalo Braga de; Rocha-Barreira, Cristina de Almeida
(2007)
A total of 600 Stramonita haemastoma (Mollusca: Muricidae) individuals, free of imposex, were transplanted into a marina with an intense ship flow. Thirty individuals were collected periodically until 210 days and analyzed ...
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Fernandez, Marcos Antonio dos Santos; Limaverde Filho, Aricelso Maia; Castro, Ítalo Braga de; Almeida, Ana Cristina Martins; Wagener, Angela de Luca Rebello
(2002)
There are indications that the widespread use of organotin compounds (TBT and TPT)
as antifoulings,as stabilizers in plastic and as pesticides,has severely affected several species of marine organisms.The most striking ...
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Fernandez, Marcos Antonio dos Santos; Limaverde, Aricelso Maia; Castro, Ítalo Braga de; Almeida, Ana Cristina Martins; Wagener, Angela de Luca Rebello
(2002)
There are indications that the widespread use of organotin compounds (TBT and TPT) as antifoulings, as stabilizers in plastic and as pesticides, has severely affected several species of marine organisms. The most striking ...
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Castro, Ítalo Braga de; Bemvenuti, Carlos Emílio; Fillmann, Gilberto
(2007)
Imposex in gastropod mollusks is an efficient and low-cost biomarker for pollution by organotin compounds. Such substances are typically found in areas with an intense flux of vessels, such as marinas and harbors. This ...
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Castro, Ítalo Braga de; Meirelles, Carlos Augusto Oliveira de; Matthews-Cascon, Helena; Fernandez, Marcos Antonio dos Santos
(2004)
The use of antifouling paints containing the biocide compound tributyltin (TBT) has been shown as an inductor of imposex in neogastropods mollusks. Imposex is characterized by the development of male features in females, ...
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Castro, Ítalo Braga de; Fernandez, Marcos Antonio dos Santos; Matthews-Cascon, Helena; Meirelles, Carlos Augusto Oliveira de
(2004)
The use of antifouling paints containing the biocide compound tributyltin (TBT) has been shown as
an inductor of imposex in neogastropods mollusks. Imposex is characterized by the development of
male features in females, ...
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Castro, Ítalo Braga de; Meirelles, Carlos Augusto Oliveira de; Pinheiro, Jully Cristiny Lopes; Matthews-Cascon, Helena; Rocha-Barreira, Cristina de Almeida
(2005)
Imposex is characterized by the development of masculine sexual organs in neogastropod females,caused by organotin contamination of the seawater. These compounds,as tributyltin (TBT), are used world-wide as biocidal agents ...
