Quantification of organotin compounds and determination of imposex in populations of dogwhelks (Nucella lapillus) from Norway

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作者
Folsvik, N [1 ]
Berge, JA [1 ]
Brevik, EM [1 ]
Walday, M [1 ]
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[1] Norwegian Inst Water Res, N-0411 Oslo, Norway
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10.1016/S0045-6535(98)00202-1
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X [环境科学、安全科学];
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08 ; 0830 ;
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Unintentional effects of the antifouling agent tributyltin (TBT) have been discovered in marine gastropods as the induction of male sex characters in females, known as imposer. The occurrence of imposer in dogwhelks (Nucella lapillus) was investigated in 41 populations sampled in 1993-1995 along the Norwegian coast. A method for quantification of organotin species using gas chromatography and atomic emission detection (GC-AED) was developed. Some degree of imposer occurred in almost all populations of dogwhelks studied, except in four from Northern Norway. The concentration of organotin compounds in the gastropods from, the unaffected populations was below the detection limit (7 ng Sn/g d.w.). The concentration of TBT in dogwhelks from affected populations was in the range 48-1096 ng Sn/g d.w. A positive relation between the concentration of TBT in dogwhelks and the degree of imposer was found. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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