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Imposex and organotin compounds in Thais clavigera and T. bronni in Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

T. Horiguchi ,
H. Shiraishi ,
M. Shimizu  and
M. Morita
T. Horiguchi
Affiliation:
Environmental Chemistry Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16–2, Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305, Japan.
H. Shiraishi
Affiliation:
Regional Environment Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16–2, Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305, Japan.
M. Shimizu
Affiliation:
Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, 1–1–1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113, Japan
M. Morita
Affiliation:
Environmental Chemistry Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16–2, Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305, Japan.
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Rates of occurrence and degrees of imposex, and tissue concentrations of organotin compounds (tributyltin, TBT; dibutyltin, DBT; butyltin, MBT; triphenyltin, TPT; diphenyltin, DPT; and phenyltin, MPT) in the rock shell, Thais clavigera and T. bronni (Mollusca: Gastropoda) were investigated at 32 sites in Japan from May 1990 to October 1992. The rate of occurrence of imposex was 100% in both species, at almost all sites surveyed. Degrees of imposex indicated by relative penis length (RPL) index reflected the pollution levels not only of TBT, but also TPT. In heavily polluted areas, many individuals were found with oviducts which were blocked by vas deferens development, and capsule glands which were filled with aborted egg masses. These organisms were thought to be sterile.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 74 , Issue 3 , August 1994 , pp. 651 - 669
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1994

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