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Contamination of Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) by Tributyltin from Timber Treatment Plants
Author(s) -
Bailey S. K.,
Own R.,
Davies I. M.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
applied organometallic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1099-0739
pISSN - 0268-2605
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0739(199706)11:6<485::aid-aoc601>3.0.co;2-7
Subject(s) - tributyltin , salmo , brown trout , chemistry , contamination , tin , environmental chemistry , trout , fishery , ecology , fish <actinopterygii> , biology , organic chemistry
Abstract Total tin and tributyltin (TBT) concentrations were measured in the brown trout, Salmo trutta , in 1988 from three river systems that had been contaminated by losses of TBT from timber preservation plants. Mean total tin concentrations in trout muscle ranged from 0.07 to 0.48 mg/kg. In the more contaminated areas approximately 30% of this tin was in the form of TBT. © Crown copyright 1997.