Imposex is a disorder in sea snails caused by the toxic effects of certain marine pollutants. These pollutants cause female sea snails (marine gastropod...
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Rapana venosa (section Imposex)
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...
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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...
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manage the natural populations in general. L. canarium demonstrates the imposex phenomenon, but is resistant to sterility caused by it; therefore, this...
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organs in female prosobranch gastropods. This phenomenon has been termed imposex. TBT has been shown to affect invertebrate development. Marine snails,...
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Health Programme and the national Rivers Database.[citation needed] The imposex phenomenon in the dog conch species of sea snail leads to the abnormal...
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empty shells have been discovered where no living whelks are present. Imposex, the occurrence of male gonads on female whelks, has been detected since...
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organisms, including the dog whelk, it causes dog whelks to suffer from imposex; females develop male sexual characteristics such as a penis. This causes...
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genera Cerithium, Rissoina, Heliacus, and Bittium, and the mussel Hormomya. Imposex in Morula granulata is a bioindicator for the presence of tributyltin (TBT)...
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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...
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