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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/90914| Title: | Laboratory and field investigations on the effects of organotin (tributyltin) on the oyster, Ostrea edulis |
| Authors: | Axiak, Victor Sammut, M. Chircop, P. Vella, Alfred J. Mintoff, B. |
| Keywords: | European oyster Bivalves Oysters Mollusks Organotin compounds Tributyltin |
| Issue Date: | 1995 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Citation: | Axiak, V., Sammut, M., Chircop, P., Vella, A., & Mintoff, B. (1995). Laboratory and field investigations on the effects of organotin (tributyltin) on the oyster, Ostrea edulis. Science of the Total Environment, 171(1-3), 117-120. |
| Abstract: | Specimens of Ostrea edulis collected from coastal sites exposed to antifouling tributyltin (TBT) were found to exhibit shell thickening as indicated by a particular shell thickness index. It is suggested that this effect was qualitatively different from that reported for other bivalves and known to be specifically caused by TBT. Nonetheless, laboratory exposure experiments showed that nominal levels of 10 rig/l of TBT in seawater significantly reduce digestive cell volume in this species, and this may lead to reduced somatic growth and thus to shell abnormalities in this species. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/90914 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacSciChe |
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