Commercial production of Sydney rock oysters (Saccostrea commercialis) in Australia
began simultaneously in New South Wales (NSW) and southern Queensland around 1870 …

There is substantial evidence that tributyltin (TBT) contamination has decreased following
the introduction of legislation prohibiting the use of TBT-based paints on vessels less than …

Imposex (male genitalia imposed on females) in shoreline whelks and other Neogastropod
molluscs is reported here from SE Asia (Singapore, Malyasia and Indonesia). In Singapore …

Tributyltin and its degradation products were measured in seawater samples in 1986–1987
at different locations of the French Atlantic coast, including marinas and oyster culture areas …

During nine field transplant tests in San Diego Bay (1987–1990), juvenile mussels were
exposed to mean concentrations of tributyltin (TBT) in ambient seawater ranging from 2 to …

This chapter has been prepared as an historical overview of organotin compounds and a
discussion on their use as biocides in anti-fouling coatings (boat-bottom paints). It is also a …

Juvenile Crassostrea gigas stock were experimentally deployed in 1989 at three locations
within Poole Harbour (Dorset, UK); a mariculture and boating centre characterized until …

Using transplanted mussels as an in-situ bioassay to assess marine environmental quality
has provided important information on bioavailability of contaminants and associated …

Imposex, the imposition of male sexual characteristics on female marine snails, was used as
an indicator of past and present exposure to tributyltin (TBT) in the abundant muricid whelk …

During nine field-transplant experiments (1987–1990), juvenile mussels were exposed to
mean tributyltin (TBT) concentrations from 2 to 530 ng l-1 for 12 weeks under natural …