title: Temporal changes in TBT pollution in water, sediment, and oyster from Jinhae Bay after the total ban in South Korea.
abstract: Temporal change in tributyltin (TBT) levels in Jinhae Bay, which has various TBT sources, was investigated in water, sediments, and oysters from 2003 to 2013 after its total ban in South Korea. The seawater TBT levels decreased over 500-fold from 1995/97 to 2008/09. The oyster TBT levels were about fourfold lower in 2012/13 than in 1995/97. However, the sediment TBT levels did not significantly change, even 10 years after the partial TBT ban on small ships and 7 years after the total TBT ban on all oceangoing vessels in Korea. The total ban of TBT use effectively reduced water and oyster TBT levels in Jinhae Bay, but TBT levels in water, oysters, and sediment remained above the global environmental quality standards established to protect marine organisms.
authors.affiliation: Oil and POPs Research Group, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology, 41 Jangmok 1-gil, Jangmok-Myon, Geoje-shi 656-834, South Korea; Department of Environmental Marine Sciences, College of Science and Technology, Hanyang University, Ansan 426-791, South Korea.
authors.forename: Nam Sook
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Oil and POPs Research Group, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology, 41 Jangmok 1-gil, Jangmok-Myon, Geoje-shi 656-834, South Korea; Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-320, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.affiliation: Oil and POPs Research Group, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology, 41 Jangmok 1-gil, Jangmok-Myon, Geoje-shi 656-834, South Korea; Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-320, South Korea.
authors.forename: Un Hyuk
authors.initials: UH
authors.lastname: Yim
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Marine Sciences, College of Science and Technology, Hanyang University, Ansan 426-791, South Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung-Hoon
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.affiliation: Oil and POPs Research Group, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology, 41 Jangmok 1-gil, Jangmok-Myon, Geoje-shi 656-834, South Korea; Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-320, South Korea. Electronic address: wjshim@kiost.ac.
authors.forename: Won Joon
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Shim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D061006:Bays; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D004787:Environmental Pollution; D005843:Geography; D010125:Ostreidae / Q000737:chemistry*; D011336:Probability; D011640:Public Policy; D011786:Quality Control; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012623:Seawater / Q000737:chemistry; D012758:Shellfish; D012767:Ships; D013997:Time Factors; D014220:Trialkyltin Compounds / Q000032:analysis*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D014220:Trialkyltin Compounds; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; C011559:tributyltin
keywords: Oyster; Seawater; Sediment; Temporal change; Tributyltin