Occurrence of Butyltin Compounds in Freshwater Mussels (Elliptio complanata) from Contaminated Aquatic Areas in Ontario, Canada

Autor:	Yiu K. Chau, Fan Yang, R. James Maguire
Rok vydání:	2001
Předmět:	animal structures Wet weight Aquatic ecosystem Elliptio fungi Mussel Biology Contamination biology.organism_classification Biofouling chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Environmental chemistry Tributyltin Water Science and Technology Ontario canada
Zdroj:	Water Quality Research Journal. 36:805-814
ISSN:	2408-9443 1201-3080
Popis:	The antifouling agent tributyltin (TBT) is extremely toxic to some aquatic organisms. The accumulation of butyltin compounds in the tissues of freshwater mussels from contaminated areas in Ontario was studied in the field with caged mussels (Elliptio complanata). Mussels were placed in four sites for 11 months, and one site for 6 months, in locations of previous contamination of water and sediments. Additional cages were exposed for 5 months at two of the sites to study the effect of mussel size on accumulation. The mussels were collected at regular intervals for butyltin analysis. After almost one year of exposure at four locations, the TBT contents in tissue of mussels were 9 to 148 ng as Sn/g (wet weight). The results showed that concentrations of TBT in mussels were related to the mussel size and the concentrations of TBT in contaminated aquatic areas, and that concentrations in mussel tissue increased dramatically over winter. The results of the experiment demonstrated that caged mussels are useful for indicating the presence of TBT in aquatic systems.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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