Assessment of tributyltin contamination in a shipyard area using a mussel transplantation approach
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Title
- Assessment of tributyltin contamination in a shipyard area using a mussel transplantation approach
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Author(s)
- Kim, Nam Sook; Shim, Won Joon; Yim, Un Hyuk; Ha, Sung Yong; Park, Pan Soo
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- Shim, Won Joon(심원준); Yim, Un Hyuk(임운혁); Ha, Sung Yong(하성용)
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Alternative Author(s)
- 김남숙; 심원준; 임운혁; 하성용
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Publication Year
- 2008
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Abstract
- Mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) were transplanted to seven stations around a large shipyard for 126 days to evaluate tributyltin (TBT) contamination. Although the application of TBT-based paints to ships is totally banned in Korea, butyltin compounds were found to accumulate in mussels following transplantation. Concentrations of TBT and total butyltins in transplanted mussels near the shipyard were in the range of 40-350 ng Sn/g and 74-530 ng Sn/g on a dry weight basis, respectively. Obviously, low TBT concentrations (6.0-53 ng Sn/g dw) were determined in mussels at four stations outside the shipyard. A negative gradient of TBT concentrations and TBT portion to total butyltin concentrations were found in both the surface water and transplanted mussels according to distance from the shipyard. In addition, TBT concentrations in surface water and transplanted mussels showed significant correlation (r(2)=0.71; p < 0.001). These results indicate that the shipyard still releases fresh TBT into surrounding waters even after TBT regulation in Korea, and mussel transplantation is useful in evaluating TBT contamination in shipyard area. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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ISSN
- 0025-326X
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URI
- https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/4590
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DOI
- 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.05.010
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Bibliographic Citation
- MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN, v.57, no.6-12, pp.883 - 888, 2008
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Publisher
- PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
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Subject
- ORGANOTIN CONTAMINATION; COASTAL WATERS; MYTILUS-EDULIS; SEDIMENTS; KOREA; POLLUTION; BUTYLTIN; TBT; ENVIRONMENT; OYSTERS
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Keywords
- tributyltin; transplantation; mussels; shipyard; Korea
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Type
- Article
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Language
- English
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Document Type
- Article; Proceedings Paper
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