Life SciencesMarine BiologyMarine SciencesAquacultureEcotoxicologyMarine EcologyMarine BiotoxinsMarine PollutantsMarine PollutionSeafood SafetyShell QualityShellfish CultureOrganotin ToxicityShell Contamination ControlShell Quality IndicatorsShellfish BiotoxinsShellfish ContaminationShellfish ToxicityShellfish Toxin ContaminationTin Contamination
Field experiments and bioessays have shown that organotin released from antifouling paints can induce detrimental effects on Pacific oyster culture as inhibition of spatfall or shell growth anomalies. Since the organotin ban in such paints (January 1982) survey data in Arcachon Bay shows that the progressive decline of tin contamination has allowed a normal spatfall and an improvement in shell quality.
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Tin contamination in Arcachon Bay: Effects on oyster shell anomalies
Claude Alzieu, Jane Sanjuan, J.P. Deltreil et al. · Marine Pollution Bulletin · 1986 · 402 citations