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dc.contributor.authorJadhav, S.
dc.contributor.authorBhosale, D.
dc.contributor.authorBhosle, N.B.
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-08T07:36:31Z
dc.date.available2011-12-08T07:36:31Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationMarine Pollution Bulletin, vol. 62(10); 2011; 2213-2219
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/3965
dc.description.abstractOrganotins, especially tributyltins (TBT) are highly toxic to many marine organisms. These compounds are introduced in marine waters by ship trafficking, ship scrapping activities, as antifouling compounds and sewage disposal. Marine fishes, crustaceans and molluscans are easily prone to organotins contamination. In view of this, a baseline monitoring study was conducted in order to establish the levels of organotins in edible marine fishes, bivalves, shrimps, squids and crabs collected from Mumbai, Goa and Karwar on the west coast of India. At these locations average organotin concentration found in fishes, clams, shrimps, squids and crabs was 108, 852, 179, 70 and 89 ng Sn g sup(−1) dw, respectively. In all the samples butyltins dominated over phenyltins. The levels of organotins suggest that all the organisms were contaminated with organotins and their consumption may pose health problems to humans.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsAn edited version of this paper was published by Elsevier. Copyright [2011] Elsevier
dc.subjectpollution
dc.subjectfish
dc.subjectorganometallic compounds
dc.subjectpollution tolerance
dc.titleBaseline of organotin pollution in fishes, clams, shrimps, squids and crabs collected from the west coast of India
dc.typeJournal Article


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