Discovery of imposex in the gastropod Cyclope neritea now invading Galicia (north-west Spain)
Quintela, M.; Couceiro, L.; Ruiz, J.M.; Barreiro, R. (2006). Discovery of imposex in the gastropod Cyclope neritea now invading Galicia (north-west Spain). J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 86(5): 1171-1173. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315406014159
In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Cambridge University Press/Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom: Cambridge. ISSN 0025-3154; e-ISSN 1469-7769, more
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Agents > Antifouling substances
Biological phenomena > Accumulation > Bioaccumulation
Imposex
Mortality causes
Pollution effects
Population dynamics
Taxa > Species > Introduced species
Tributyltin
Cyclope neritea (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]; Nassarius reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
ANE, Spain, Galicia [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal |
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- Quintela, M.
- Couceiro, L.
- Ruiz, J.M.
- Barreiro, R.
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| Abstract |
A field survey to re-assess imposex and tributyltin (TBT) bioaccumulation in the gastropod Nassarius reticulatus over Galicia uncovered three populations of the invasive species Cyclope neritea, all showing some advanced imposex. One female was found to carry a mass of aborted egg capsules. The TBT pollution, now decreasing in the area, is the most likely explanation for these reproductive anomalies, and it may bear some relationship to the described population dynamics of C. neritea. |
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