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Imposex and organotin compounds in marine gastropods and sediments from the Mar del Plata coast, Argentina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2006

Maximiliano Cledón
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Biología y Cultivo de Crustáceos Marinos, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, CONICET, Argentina Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, CONICET–UBA, Avenida A. Gallardo 470, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Norbert Theobald
Affiliation:
Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH), Laboratory Suelldorf, Wuestland 2, D-22589 Hamburg, Germany
Wolfgang Gerwinski
Affiliation:
Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH), Laboratory Suelldorf, Wuestland 2, D-22589 Hamburg, Germany
Pablo E. Penchaszadeh
Affiliation:
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, CONICET–UBA, Avenida A. Gallardo 470, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Abstract

The occurrence of imposex in Adelomelon brasiliana during two consecutive years near to Mar del Plata (the principal fishery port of Argentina) and its relation to tributyltin (TBT) and dibutyltin (DBT) content in muscle tissue and digestive gland was investigated using gas chromatography. Percentage of imposex affected females increased to over 80% in spring and summer of both years. However, its intensity, given by the relative penis size index (RPSI), fluctuated around low values. Adelomelon brasiliana digestive gland samples showed a very low concentration of TBT (36–46 ng/g dry weight). Egg capsules presented normal viable embryos, which had TBT concentrations similar to the capsule wall (15 ng/g) while the intracapsular liquid was only 2 ng/g, similar to the sediment concentration. The proportion and distribution of butyltin compounds (BTs) in sediments indicate a major contamination event.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2006 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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