Effect of organotin compounds (TBT) used in antifouling paints on cultured marine molluscs - a literature study
Héral, M.; Alzieu, C.; Deslous Paoli, J.-M. (1989). Effect of organotin compounds (TBT) used in antifouling paints on cultured marine molluscs - a literature study, in: De Pauw, N. et al. (Ed.) Aquaculture: a biotechnology in progress: volume 1. pp. 1081-1089
In: De Pauw, N. et al. (1989). Aquaculture: a biotechnology in progress: volume 1. European Aquaculture Society: Bredene. ISBN 90-71625-03-6. 1-592 pp., more
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- Héral, M.
- Alzieu, C.
- Deslous Paoli, J.-M.
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Organotin salts, used as antifouling substances have a deleterious effect upon the environment, particularly on molluscs and especially on the Japanese oyster Crassostrea gigas. A synthesis of the effects of tributyltin (TBT) on cultured molluscs reveals the following effects: 1) acute and chronic toxicity to adults; 2) accumulation in the flesh of adults; 3) perturbation of reproduction particularly fertility, mortality of offspring, and decrease in larval growth rate; 4) decrease in the growth rate of juveniles and thickening of the shells; and 5) modification of the physiology at sublethal levels. |
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