title: Testes specific accumulation of tributyltin in turbot Scophthalmus maximus from the southern Baltic Sea.
abstract: Concentrations of tributyltin (TBT) and its breakdown products, dibutyltin (DBT) and monobutyltin (MTB), were measured in tissues of male turbot Scophthalmus maximus from the Gulf of Gdańsk (GDA) and the Pomeranian Bay (POM) in the southern Baltic Sea. The fish (n=206) were collected during the spawning seasons of 2008-2009. All specimens were at the same maturity stage and in full breeding condition. The ripe testes of the turbot appeared to be a target tissue for TBT accumulation. We report that TBT is extensively eliminated at the specific whole-body level and that the males from TBT-contaminated location (GDA) reach this specific level at 23-24 cm in total length.
authors: Department of Fishery Resources, National Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kołłątaja 1, 81-332, Gdynia, Poland. goszed@mir.gdynia.pl
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Gosz
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Horbowy
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Ruczyńska
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001837:Body Weights and Measures; D003625:Data Collection; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D005412:Flatfishes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D011044:Poland; D013737:Testis / Q000378:metabolism*; D014220:Trialkyltin Compounds / Q000378:metabolism / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D014220:Trialkyltin Compounds; C011559:tributyltin