title: Distribution of butyltins in the waters and sediments along the coast of India.
abstract: Water and surface sediment samples were analyzed for butyltins (TBT, DBT, MBT) from various ports along the east and west coast of India. The total butyltin (TB) in water samples varied between ~1.7 and 342 ng S nl⁻¹, whereas for sediments it varied between below detection limit to 14861 ng S ng⁻¹ dry weight of sediment. On an average Chennai port recorded the highest level of butyltins in the sediments while Paradip recorded the highest level of butylins in the waters. A fairly good relationship between the TB in the sediment and overlying water samples, as well as between organic carbon and TB, implicates the importance of adsorption/desorption process in controlling the levels of TBT in these port areas. In India the data on organotin pollution is very sparse; most of the port areas have been surveyed for butyltins for the first time during this study.
authors.affiliation: Marine Corrosion and Material Research Division, National Institute of Oceanography, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Dona Paula, Goa 403004, India. anita@nio.org
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: Ram M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Meena
authors.forename: Sangeeta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jadhav
authors.forename: Narayan B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Bhosle
mesh_terms: D004202:Disinfectants / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry*; D007194:India; D009947:Organotin Compounds / Q000032:analysis*; D012623:Seawater / Q000737:chemistry*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*; D014877:Water Pollution, Chemical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D004202:Disinfectants; D009947:Organotin Compounds; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical