LABORATORY AND FIELD INVESTIGATIONS ON THE EFFECTS OF ORGANOTIN (TRIBUTYLTIN) ON THE OYSTER, OSTREA-EDULIS

Authors
AXIAK V SAMMUT M CHIRCOP P VELLA A MINTOFF B
Citation
V. Axiak et al., LABORATORY AND FIELD INVESTIGATIONS ON THE EFFECTS OF ORGANOTIN (TRIBUTYLTIN) ON THE OYSTER, OSTREA-EDULIS, Science of the total environment, 171(1-3), 1995, pp. 117-120
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Science of the total environment → ACNP
ISSN journal
00489697
Volume
171
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
117 - 120
Database
ISI
SICI code
0048-9697(1995)171:1-3<117:LAFIOT>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Specimens of Ostrea edulis collected from coastal sites exposed to ant ifouling tributyltin (TBT) were found to exhibit shell thickening as i ndicated by a particular shell thickness index. It is suggested that t his effect was qualitatively different from that reported for other bi valves and known to be specifically caused by TBT. Nonetheless, labora tory exposure experiments showed that nominal levels of 10 ng/l of TBT in seawater significantly reduce digestive cell volume in this specie s, and this may lead to reduced somatic growth and thus to shell abnor malities in this species.