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Testes specific accumulation of tributyltin in turbot Scophthalmus maximus from the southern Baltic Sea.
- Source :
- Marine Pollution Bulletin; Nov2011, Vol. 62 Issue 11, p2563-2567, 5p
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Abstract: Concentrations of tributyltin (TBT) and its breakdown products, dibutyltin (DBT) and monobutyltin (MTB), were measured in tissues of male turbot Scophthalmus maximus from the Gulf of Gdańsk (GDA) and the Pomeranian Bay (POM) in the southern Baltic Sea. The fish (n =206) were collected during the spawning seasons of 2008–2009. All specimens were at the same maturity stage and in full breeding condition. The ripe testes of the turbot appeared to be a target tissue for TBT accumulation. We report that TBT is extensively eliminated at the specific whole-body level and that the males from TBT-contaminated location (GDA) reach this specific level at 23–24cm in total length. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
- Subjects :
- TRIBUTYLTIN
BIOACCUMULATION
PSETTA maxima
TESTIS
TISSUE analysis
POLLUTION
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0025326X
- Volume :
- 62
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Marine Pollution Bulletin
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 66772214
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.08.014