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Title: Accumulation of bis(tributyltin) oxide by the marine mussel Mytilus edulis. [Hytilus edulis; Isochrysis galbana]

Abstract

Marine mussels, primarily Mytilus edulis, accumulated bis(tributyltin) oxide (TBT) when it was either dissolved in water (0.5 ..mu..g L/sup -1/) or associated (absorbed or adsorbed) with phytoplankton Isochrysis galbana. Uptake occurred rapidly under both protocols but was more rapid and caused higher TBT burdens when accumulation occurred by ingestion of phytoplankton. TBT accumulated differentially in tissues. Highest burdens in viscera or gills were approx.4.5 ..mu..g of TBT (g of tissue)/sup -1/ following water exposure lasting 47 days and approx.5 ..mu..g of TBT (g of gill)/sup -1/ or (g of viscera tissue)/sup -1/ following 30 days of exposure to contaminated Isochrysis. This corresponds to a bioconcentration factor of approx.5000 from water but <2 from food (on a ..mu..g g/sup -1/ basis). Mantle or muscle tissue had TBT burdens one-half to one-third the level of viscera or gill tissue. Steady state between water and tissue was not observed. When TBT exposed mussels were returned to the field, t/sub 1/2/ for depuration was approx.14 days. Depuration rate constants estimated from uptake and release phases did not agree. This observation suggests differences in laboratory and field depuration processes by bivalve molluscs. Therefore, bioconcentration factor (BCF) measurements made in the laboratory may not accurately predictmore » those obtained from environmental exposures. Neither humic acids nor kaolin significantly reduced accumulation of TBT.« less

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of California, Oakland
OSTI Identifier:
6644537
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 20:9
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; ANTIFOULANTS; BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; MUSSELS; CONTAMINATION; TIN COMPOUNDS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GILLS; HUMIC ACIDS; INGESTION; INTESTINES; KAOLIN; PHYTOPLANKTON; UPTAKE; WATER POLLUTION; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BODY; CLAYS; DATA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISTRIBUTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INFORMATION; INTAKE; INVERTEBRATES; MOLLUSCS; NUMERICAL DATA; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANS; PLANKTON; POLLUTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; 560300* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology

Citation Formats

Laughlin, Jr, R B, French, W, and Guard, H E. Accumulation of bis(tributyltin) oxide by the marine mussel Mytilus edulis. [Hytilus edulis; Isochrysis galbana]. United States: N. p., 1986. Web. doi:10.1021/es00151a006.
Laughlin, Jr, R B, French, W, & Guard, H E. Accumulation of bis(tributyltin) oxide by the marine mussel Mytilus edulis. [Hytilus edulis; Isochrysis galbana]. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/es00151a006
Laughlin, Jr, R B, French, W, and Guard, H E. 1986. "Accumulation of bis(tributyltin) oxide by the marine mussel Mytilus edulis. [Hytilus edulis; Isochrysis galbana]". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/es00151a006.
@article{osti_6644537,
title = {Accumulation of bis(tributyltin) oxide by the marine mussel Mytilus edulis. [Hytilus edulis; Isochrysis galbana]},
author = {Laughlin, Jr, R B and French, W and Guard, H E},
abstractNote = {Marine mussels, primarily Mytilus edulis, accumulated bis(tributyltin) oxide (TBT) when it was either dissolved in water (0.5 ..mu..g L/sup -1/) or associated (absorbed or adsorbed) with phytoplankton Isochrysis galbana. Uptake occurred rapidly under both protocols but was more rapid and caused higher TBT burdens when accumulation occurred by ingestion of phytoplankton. TBT accumulated differentially in tissues. Highest burdens in viscera or gills were approx.4.5 ..mu..g of TBT (g of tissue)/sup -1/ following water exposure lasting 47 days and approx.5 ..mu..g of TBT (g of gill)/sup -1/ or (g of viscera tissue)/sup -1/ following 30 days of exposure to contaminated Isochrysis. This corresponds to a bioconcentration factor of approx.5000 from water but <2 from food (on a ..mu..g g/sup -1/ basis). Mantle or muscle tissue had TBT burdens one-half to one-third the level of viscera or gill tissue. Steady state between water and tissue was not observed. When TBT exposed mussels were returned to the field, t/sub 1/2/ for depuration was approx.14 days. Depuration rate constants estimated from uptake and release phases did not agree. This observation suggests differences in laboratory and field depuration processes by bivalve molluscs. Therefore, bioconcentration factor (BCF) measurements made in the laboratory may not accurately predict those obtained from environmental exposures. Neither humic acids nor kaolin significantly reduced accumulation of TBT.},
doi = {10.1021/es00151a006},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6644537}, journal = {Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 20:9,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986},
month = {Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986}
}