Biological Effects by Organotins

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Horiguchi, Toshihiro (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Environment.; Aquatic ecology.; Invertebrates.; Wildlife.; Fish.; Ecotoxicology.; Water pollution.; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.

This book provides an overview of the induction mechanism of imposex caused by organotin compounds in gastropods, as well as fundamental information on the physiology and biochemistry of reproduction in mollusks. Are the sex hormones of gastropod mollusks vertebrate-type steroids, or neuropeptides?...