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High accumulation of tributyltin in blood among the tissues of fish and applicability to environmental monitoring
Author(s) -
Oshima Yuji,
Nirmala Kukuh,
Go Jyoji,
Yokota Yoshiko,
Koyama Jiro,
Imada Nobuyoshi,
Honjo Tsuneo,
Kobayashi Kunio
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
environmental toxicology and chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 171
eISSN - 1552-8618
pISSN - 0730-7268
DOI - 10.1002/etc.5620160727
Subject(s) - tributyltin , flounder , flatfish , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , biota , biology , zoology , environmental chemistry , chemistry , ecology
High tributyltin concentrations (2.5–52.5 times those in muscle) were detected in the blood of three cultured fish species (Japanese flounder, red sea bream, yellowtail) and wild flatfish. The result suggests that fish serum or plasma can be used for monitoring butyltin contamination in aquatic biota.