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Fig. 4
TBT concentrations in sediments of boat harbors in the North Sea and Baltic Sea.
Data after [54]
Fig. 5
Maximal TBT concentration in marine sediments, according to recent data (refer-
ences see text)
ination of estuaries and offshore regions is still of concern including deeper
areas offshore from Vancouver harbor (5.3 ng g
-1
TBT) [41]. Sediments in Ar-
cachon Bay, France, collected in 1990 are contaminated by organotins 8 years
after regulation of antifouling paints, with levels of up to 1.48
gg
-1
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