Since several years LimnoMar is involved in studies on sublethal effects of copper applying histological methods. These studies were performed in marine species like Littorina littorea and brackish water species like Theodoxus fluviatilis (s.a. publications research project CHANGE). The background of these studies is the input of copper by antifouling […]
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Endocrine active organotin compounds like TBTO, TBTCl and TPTC formerly used as antifouling agents are banned since 2008. Under the umbrella of OSPAR the ban is being controlled by monitoring the intersex stages in snails at the North Sea and the North Atlantic (OSPAR 2000, 2007). NLWKN is in charge […]
