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Castro, Ítalo Braga de; Perina, Fernando Cesar; Fillmann, Gilberto
(2011)
Organotin compounds(OTs)were used
in antifouling paints for more than four decades. However, due to their wide spread intensive use and high toxicity, undesirable effects in non-target marine organisms have been detected ...
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Azevedo, Deyse de; Rocha-Barreira, Cristina de Almeida; Matthews-Cascon, Helena; Castro, Ítalo Braga de
(2012)
This is the first report on imposex occurrence in Pugilina morio. Imposex levels in P. morio from Ceara River Estuary were assessed by a non-lethal method. The obtained imposex parameters were: percentage = 37.1 %,
female ...
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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 ...
