Three decades of tributyltin in the coastal environment with emphasis on Arcachon Bay, France

Ruiz, J.M.; Bachelet, Guy; Cartigny, Pierre; Donard, O. F. X.

doi:10.1016/0269-7491(96)00029-2

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“…Converse to this notable merchant and offshore fishing traffic, pleasure boats manoeuvring mostly within embayments are not common, with only 10000 units registered in the area (Vales 1996). This contrasts markedly with yachting popularity in neighbouring countries; for instance, a 15000 pleasure boat flotilla operated out of Arcachon (a 156 km2 bay in SW France) in 1981/82 (Ruiz et al 1996).…”

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Ubiquitous imposex and organotin bioaccumulation in gastropods Nucella lapillus from Galicia (NW Spain):a possible effect of nearshore shipping

Ruiz¹,

Quintela²,

Barreiro³

1998

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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A survey was conducted during the summer of 1996 to assess the expression, extent and impact of hnposex (a set of sexual anomalies) in 37 populations of Nucella lapillusspread over the Galician coastline (NW Spain); the bioaccumulation of several organotin (OT) species (monobutyltin. MBT; dibutyltin, DBT; tributyltin, TBT; and triphenyltin, TPhT) was also determined in 20 of those samples. While imposex, TBT (from 36 to 974 ng Sn g-' dry weight, ppb) and DBT (from 169 to 909 ppb) were detected in every sample examined, MBT (from 65 to 387 ppb) and TPhT (from 39 to 250 ppb) were quantifiable in only 15 and 11 of them, respectively. lmposex was found to have led to frequent female sterilisation in most of the populations of this intertidal gastropod, although none of them is considered to be at risk of extinction. This may be partially due to the observation that these specimens appear more resistant to the sterilising effect of TBT than northern congeners. Fishing and merchant fleets are thought to be the dominant sources of OT pollution within embayments, with pleasure boats being of lesser importance. In addition, the characteristic pattern of OT body residues [i.e. undetectable TPhT and low TBT/(TBT+DBT) ratio] indicates that imposex in several open coast populations may stem from nearshore merchant shipping via the horizontal transport of paint leachates.

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confidence: 83%

Ubiquitous imposex and organotin bioaccumulation in gastropods Nucella lapillus from Galicia (NW Spain):a possible effect of nearshore shipping

Ruiz¹,

Quintela²,

Barreiro³

1998

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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“…Another posspaints, especially tributyltin (TBT), has been reduced conible source of organotin contamination of agricultural soils is siderably in developed countries because of the side effects by disposal of sewage sludge to land; Fent (1996) found on non-target species, especially shellfish: two examples are average concentrations in sludge from a Swiss treatment plant shell-thickening in Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas, and (monobutyltin) of 0·5 mg g −1 of TPT, 0·5 mg g −1 of MBT imposex in female dog-whelks, Nucella lapillus (WHO 1990; (dibutyltin), 1·5 mg g −1 of DBT, and 1·1 mg g −1 of TBT. Ruiz et al 1996). Organotins are still used on land as fungi-…”

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Application of bioluminescence-based microbial biosensors to the ecotoxicity assessment of organotins

Bundy

Wardell

Campbell³

et al. 1997

Letters in Applied Microbiology

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TO N . 1997. The toxicity of two common organotin pollutants and their initial breakdown products (tributyltin, dibutyltin, triphenyltin and diphenyltin) were assessed using two different bioluminescent microbial biosensors: Microtox and lux-modified Pseudomonas fluorescens pUCD 607. The organotins were made up as standards, and tested both in doubledeionized water and in extracted soil solution, the latter representing a realistic matrix for terrestrial contamination. Microtox was especially sensitive to the organotins, with 50% effective concentration (EC 50 ) values (15 min) for tributyltin as low as 21·9 mg l −1 in pure water, and 0·118 mg l −1 in soil extract. The sensitivity of Microtox was increased by an order of magnitude in soil extract. The Ps. fluorescens was less sensitive, with EC 50 values (30 min) of around 800 mg l −1 in pure water. The toxicity to Ps. fluorescens was decreased by around an order of magnitude in soil extract. The two biosensors showed different response patterns, with Microtox being more sensitive to the triorganotins and Ps. fluorescens being more sensitive to the diorganotins.

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“…and is, therefore, largely site-specific (e.g. Ruiz et al 1996). Its assessment typically relies on biomonitoring approaches, and this work shows that the use of the 2 contrasting invertebrates above renders the same regional picture both in terms of pollution spread and extent.…”

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“…Ruiz et al 1996). As a total prohibition on TBT application took effect on 1st January 2003 from the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) (see http://www.imo.org), TBT uses should have halted; however, the effectiveness of such a measure remains to be seen since global market forces will play a role (Champ 2000).…”

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Biomonitoring organotin pollution with gastropods and mussels

Ruiz¹,

Barreiro²,

González³

2005

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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In order to compare their performance for the biomonitoring of organotin (OT) pollution, Galician (NW Spain) populations of gastropods Nassarius reticulatus and mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis were sampled in 2000. Imposex (a set of sexual anomalies) in snails as well as the bioaccumulation of several OT species (mainly tributyltin [TBT]) in both invertebrates were determined. Imposex was related to TBT in female gastropod tissues in a biphasic manner, the slope changing markedly at around 200 ng Sn g -1 dry wt. OT compounds in both animal species were significantly correlated, mussels consistently accumulating more than gastropods; in addition, correlation coefficients considerably increased when outliers were excluded from computation with the aid of fine chemical speciation analyses. The expected decline of OT pollution can satisfactorily be recorded by means of monitoring concentrations in either mussels and/or gastropods. However, the use of the latter is favoured because their imposex response is an easily determined biomarker, which additionally provides useful insights into the biological impact of TBT.

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Three decades of tributyltin in the coastal environment with emphasis on Arcachon Bay, France

Cited by 77 publications

References 44 publications

Ubiquitous imposex and organotin bioaccumulation in gastropods Nucella lapillus from Galicia (NW Spain):a possible effect of nearshore shipping

Ubiquitous imposex and organotin bioaccumulation in gastropods Nucella lapillus from Galicia (NW Spain):a possible effect of nearshore shipping

Application of bioluminescence-based microbial biosensors to the ecotoxicity assessment of organotins

Biomonitoring organotin pollution with gastropods and mussels

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