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Table 1
Global occurrence of organotins in biota (ng g
-1
wet weight)
Species
Location (year)
Tissue
TBT (range)
Total butyltins
Refs.
(ng g
-1
)
(ng g
-1
)
Molluscs
Mussel (
M. edulis
)
/
North
Baltic Sea (1985-1999)
body
17 (10-210)
15-480
[98]
Korea (1994)
body
59-590
[197]
Japan (1996)
body
24-1100
[198]
Osaka Port, Japan (1996)
body
24-390
[63]
Harbor, Canada (1995)
body
10-585
[18]
Oyster
(C. gigas
)
Korea (1994)
body
250-740 (dw)
[197]
n.a.
a
Gastropods
H. trunculus
Venice, Italy
body
237-725
[112]
Buccinum undatum
Denmark (1998)
body
8 (dw)
[72]
Nuculana pernula
Denmark (1998)
body
1316 (dw)
[72]
Green mussel (
P. v i r i d i s
)
Hong Kong (1999)
body
22-330
49-500
[87]
South Korea (1998)
body
17-1200
50-2500
Malaysia (1998)
body
4-730
4-960
Thailand (1995)
body
3-680
4-800
China (1999)
body
16-86
30-110
Indonesia (1998)
body
2-38
4-64
Vietnam (1998)
body
2-84
2-100
India (1998)
body
1-570
1-760
Clam (
Meretrix
spp.)
Vietnam (1998)
body
1-56
3-64
[86]
Amphipods (
Caprella
)
Japanese coast (1999)
body
n.a.
2.3-464
[94]
Zebra mussel
D. polymorpha
Swiss harbors (1994)
body
820-2290
900-2460
[19]
a
n.a., not analysed
