Tributyltin contamination in bivalves from United States coastal estuaries. Academic Article

abstract

• Most oysters and mussels from U.S. coastal waters are contaminated with tributyltin (TBT) and its less toxic breakdown products (dibutyltin and monobutyltin). The concentrations of TBTs range from <5 to 1560 (366 av) ng of Sn g-1dry weight as tin and account on average for 74% of the tin present as butyltins. Replicate oyster samples from a specific site concentrate TBT to the same level. Concentrations of TBT found in oysters varied both spacially and temporally. Both oysters and mussels concentrate TBT from their environment and are therefore excellent sentinel organisms to monitor the environmental levels of TBT available to marine organisms. 1988, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.

authors

• Wade, Terry

published proceedings

• Environ Sci Technol

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Wade, T. L., Garcia-Romero, B., & Brooks, J. M.

citation count

• 93

complete list of authors

• Wade, TL||Garcia-Romero, B||Brooks, JM

publication date

• December 1988

publisher

• American Chemical Society (ACS)  Publisher

published in

• Environmental Science and Technology  Journal

PubMed Central ID

• 22200478

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1021/es00177a016

start page

• 1488

end page

• 1493

volume

• 22

issue

• 12

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es00177a016