Imposex is a disorder in sea snails caused by the toxic effects of certain marine pollutants. These pollutants cause female sea snails (marine gastropod...

impacts to the Bay's ecosystem. The imposex phenomenon has been observed in the veined rapa whelk in Chesapeake Bay. Imposex is characterized by the development...

manage the natural populations in general. L. canarium demonstrates the imposex phenomenon, but is resistant to sterility caused by it; therefore, this...

located near naval docks. Tributyltin has been used as a biomarker for imposex in neogastropods, with at least 82 known species. With the high levels...

organs in female prosobranch gastropods. This phenomenon has been termed imposex. TBT has been shown to affect invertebrate development. Marine snails,...

Health Programme and the national Rivers Database.[citation needed] The imposex phenomenon in the dog conch species of sea snail leads to the abnormal...

empty shells have been discovered where no living whelks are present. Imposex, the occurrence of male gonads on female whelks, has been detected since...

organisms, including the dog whelk, it causes dog whelks to suffer from imposex; females develop male sexual characteristics such as a penis. This causes...

genera Cerithium, Rissoina, Heliacus, and Bittium, and the mussel Hormomya. Imposex in Morula granulata is a bioindicator for the presence of tributyltin (TBT)...

bottom gill fishing nets and traps set by commercial fishing boats. The imposex phenomenon has been observed in the Voluta ebraea. The development of masculine...