Organotin and total tin in coastal waters of southwest England
In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. Macmillan: London. ISSN 0025-326X; e-ISSN 1879-3363, more
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Agents > Antifouling substances
Analytical techniques > Spectroscopic techniques > Absorption spectroscopy
ANE, British Isles, England, Cornwall, Looe
Chemical elements > Metals > Heavy metals > Tin
Disciplines > Chemistry > Chemicals > Organic compounds > Organometallic compounds > Organotin compounds
Organotin compounds
Pollution > Water pollution > Marine pollution
Water bodies > Coastal waters
Water quality
Looe [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal |
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- Cleary, J.J.
- Stebbing, A.R.D.
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| Abstract |
Samples of seawater from sites along the southwest coast were collected during 1984 and analyzed for total tin and organotin by flameless atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Organotin concentrations were below detection limits (0.10 mu g l-1 TBTO) at all marina sites, but higher concentrations were found in harbour waters, the highest value being 0.88 mu g l -1 TBTO at Plymouth (Sutton harbour). The fact that organotin levels may occasionally exceed some toxicological threshold concentrations suggests that biological water quality may sometimes be depressed. |
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