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Toxicity of tributyltin to marine bivalves.

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Date Issued:
1988
Summary:
Examines the risks of tributyltin exposure to the hard shell clam and to the oyster, both identified as sensitive nontarget organisms to tributyltin release from antifouling coatings. Acute toxicity to Clam Veligers, chronic Mercenaria mercenaria embryolarval toxicity, hemolymph osmotic and ionic regulation, accumulation of tributyltin by clams, and accumulation of tributyltin by microalgae are examined. Results and discussion follow. Tables and charts. A bibliography and list of publications are appended.
Title: Toxicity of tributyltin to marine bivalves.
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Name(s): Laughlin, Roy B.
Pendoley, Peter.
United States Chief of Naval Research. Energy and Environment Program.
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution Division of Applied Biology.
PALMM (Project)
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Bibliography
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1988
Date Issued: 1988
Date Issued: 1988
Physical Form: electronic resource
Extent: 41 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.
Language(s): eng
Summary: Examines the risks of tributyltin exposure to the hard shell clam and to the oyster, both identified as sensitive nontarget organisms to tributyltin release from antifouling coatings. Acute toxicity to Clam Veligers, chronic Mercenaria mercenaria embryolarval toxicity, hemolymph osmotic and ionic regulation, accumulation of tributyltin by clams, and accumulation of tributyltin by microalgae are examined. Results and discussion follow. Tables and charts. A bibliography and list of publications are appended.
Identifier: GC10000013 (IID), 177237 (digitool), fgcu:22548 (fedora), AAA5677 QF
Note(s): principal investigator, Roy B. Laughlin, Jr. ; research associate, Peter Pendoley ; technicians, Gail Woon, Elizabeth Bokman, Thomas Chiles.
"Submitted to Office of the Chief of Naval Research, Energy and Environment Program, from Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Division of Applied Biology."
"Submission date: May 15, 1988."
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 38-41).
Electronic reproduction. [Florida]: State University System of Florida, PALMM Project, 2003. (Estero Bay documents collection) Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software; Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. Electronically reproduced by Florida Gulf Coast University from a monograph held in the library at Florida Gulf Coast University, Ft. Myers.
N0004-86-K-0184
Final report; Jan. 1, 1986-Apr. 15, 1988.
Subject(s): Tributyltin -- Toxicology
Bivalvia
Northern quahog
American oyster
Estero Bay documents collection
Southwest Florida environmental documents collection
Persistent Link to This Record: Electronic resource(JPEG)
Use and Reproduction: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Host Institution: FGCU
Has Part:
(OCoLC)51299566