Organotin

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxviii

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2. An Introduction to Organotin Compounds and Their Use in Antifouling Coatings

   • Michael A. Champ, Peter F. Seligman

   Pages 1-25

3. European Policy and Regulatory Action for Organotin-Based Antifouling Paints

   • R. Abel

   Pages 27-54

4. Regulatory Policies and Strategies for Organotin Compounds

   • Michael A. Champ, Terry L. Wade

   Pages 55-94

5. Purge-Trap Method for Determination of Tributyltin by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry

   • James H. Weber, Cesar Clavell, Martha O. Stallard, Aldis O. Valkirs

   Pages 95-110

6. Gas Chromatographic Determination of Butyltin Compounds in Water Using Hydride Derivatization

   • Cheryl L. Matthias

   Pages 111-122

7. Grignard Derivatization and Mass Spectrometry as Techniques for the Analysis of Butyltins in Environmental Samples

   • M. A. Unger, J. Greaves, R. J. Huggett

   Pages 123-134

8. Analytical Methods for Tributyltin in Sediments and Tissues

   • R. J. Huggett, F. A. Espourteille, C. D. Rice, M. A. Unger, C. A. Dooley, S. Y. Cola

   Pages 135-141

9. Comparison of Methodologies for Butyltin Species Determination

   • K. W. M. Siu, S. S. Berman

   Pages 143-155

10. A Review of Acute Effects of Tributyltin Compounds on Aquatic Biota

    • Lenwood W. Hall Jr, Steven J. Bushong

    Pages 157-190

11. Experimental Studies of Chronic Toxicity of Tributyltin Compounds

    • Roy B. Laughlin Jr, John Thain, Brad Davidson, Aldis O. Valkirs, Frederick C. Newton III

    Pages 191-217

12. An Assessment of the Value of Shell Thickening in Crassostrea Gigas as an Indicator of Exposure to Tributyltin

    • M. J. Waldock, J. E. Thain, M. E. Waite

    Pages 219-237

13. Embryogenesis and Larval Development in Crassostrea Gigas: Experimental Data and Field Observations on the Effect of Tributyltin Compounds

    • E. His

    Pages 239-258

14. Reproductive Failure in the Gastropod Nucella Lapillus Associated with Imposex Caused by Tributyltin Pollution: A Review

    • P. E. Gibbs, G. W. Bryan

    Pages 259-280

15. Flowthrough Bioassay Studies on the Effects of Antifouling TBT Leachates

    • R. Scott Henderson, Sandra M. Salazar

    Pages 281-303

16. Mussels as Bioindicators: Effects of TBT on Survival, Bioaccumulation, and Growth Under Natural Conditions

    • Michael H. Salazar, Sandra M. Salazar

    Pages 305-330

17. Bioaccumulation of TBT by Aquatic Organisms

    • Roy B. Laughlin Jr

    Pages 331-355

18. Tributyltin Bioconcentration from Solution and Suspended Sediments by Oysters, with a Comparison with Uptake in a Field Experiment

    • M. H. Roberts Jr, R. J. Huggett, M. E. Bender, H. Slone, P. F. De Lisle

    Pages 357-368

19. Metabolism of Tributyltin by Aquatic Organisms

    • Richard F. Lee

    Pages 369-382

20. Measurement and Significance of the Release Rate for Tributyltin

    • Paul Schatzberg

    Pages 383-403

single toxicant before it, yet one that has now been brought under effective control-at least in estuaries and the nearshore environment. The problem with TBT and its cause was first recognized in France, then in the United Kingdom and the United States of America; and in these and other countries legislation is now in place (see Abel, Chapter 2; Champ and Wade, Chapter 3), but in many countries the hazard is only now being identified. This volume has the important function of making available to all a summary of the results of work on TBT and the main conclusions. It will help to minimize the duplication of research and speed the introduction of legislation around the world to control organotin pollution. It is the more valuable because research on TBT has often been published in less accessible journals and symposium proceedings. This volume brings together accounts of these findings by the major contributors to the TBT story, providing the most comprehensive account to date. The TBT problem has proved to be instructive in a number of different ways beyond the bounds of the specific issue (Stebbing, 1985). Most important is that TBT can be seen as a challenge to monitoring systems for nearshore waters, by which it can be judged how effective monitoring has been in fulfilling its purpose, and what improvements should be made. Most instructive was the time it took to bring TBT under control.

• bioaccumulation
• bioconcentration
• biota
• cetacea
• ecosystem
• ecosystems
• environment
• environmental distribution
• environmental fate
• leachate
• mussels
• pollution
• sorption
• toxicity
• wastewater
• ecotoxicology

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Applied Organometallic Chemistry

• Texas Engineering Experiment Station, Washington, DC Office, Texas A&M University System, Arlington, USA

  Michael A. Champ

• Naval Command, Control, and Ocean Surveillance Center, RDT&E Division, Environmental Sciences, US Navy, San Diego, USA

  Peter F. Seligman

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