The value of imposex in the dogwhelkNucella lapillusand the common whelkBuccinum undatumas indicators of TBT contamination
作者:
G.J. NICHOLSON,
S.M. EVANS,
N. PALMER,
R. SMITH,
期刊:
Invertebrate Reproduction & Development
(Taylor Available online 1998)
卷期:
Volume 34,
issue 2-3
页码: 289-300
ISSN:0792-4259
年代: 1998
DOI:10.1080/07924259.1998.9652663
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: Tributyltin;TBT;sealochs;dogwhelk;Nucella lapillus;common whelk;Buccinum undatum
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Measures of imposex in the DogwhelkN. lapillusand the Common WhelkB. undatumwere used, together with analyses of butyltins in tissue and sediment samples, to assess current levels of TBT contamination in four sealochs, which are subject to different kinds and intensities of boat use and fish farming. Imposex inN. lapillusis a specific response to TBT and some related organotins and, as would be expected therefore, indices of imposex correlated with concentrations of butyltins in tissues. Data from this species, and sediments, indicate that TBT contamination in three of the sealochs (Loch Sween, Loch Crinan and Killary Harbour) is now low. It has decreased significantly in Loch Sween and Loch Crinan during the past decade. There were higher levels of pollution in Sullom Voe, where oil tankers are a source of TBT. This was reflected in measures of imposex and concentrations of butyltins in tissue samples but not of those in sediments, which were surprisingly low. Imposex was recorded in most samples ofB. undatumexamined in this study but it is not a useful indicator of butyltin contamination. The condition was severe in some places where pollution was low and, conversely, absent or poorly developed in others, where it was high. There was no correlation between the severity of imposex and tissue concentrations of butyltins in this species.
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