Journal
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
Volume 35, Issue 4, Pages 707-711Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2009.01.007
Keywords
Imposex; TBT; Caribbean Sea; US Virgin Islands; Pollution; Bioindicators; Galathea3
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- Villum Kann Rasmussen Foundation
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An almost ubiquitous occurrence of imposex and butyltins in the molluscs from US Virgin Islands gives evidence to a widespread contamination with the antifouling agent tributyltin (TBT), which most likely is related to a relatively intense ship traffic. Three different muricid neogastropod species Thais deltoidea, Thais rustica and Purpura patula all seem to have potential as suitable and sensitive bioindicators for assessing levels and effects of TBT pollution in coastal areas including coral reefs in the Caribbean Sea. However, considerable interspecies differences in especially accumulation potential of butyltins were seen in this study. Furthermore, a high accumulation potential of TBT in the edible gastropod West Indian topshell (Cittarium pica) was found, despite that no signs of imposex were observed in this archaeogastropod species. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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