CHAPTER 15 . Toxic Effects of Organometallic Compounds towards Marine Biota
Table 15.16. Continued
Compound
Concentration Time interval No. of spreads
(mol dm- 3 )
(h)
Normal Irregular Granular Colchicinized-like
staining zones
chromosome
PhJSnCI
10- 5
Arrest
6-8
18-20
10- 7
2
Arrest
6-8
18-20
371
Total
spreads
Table 15.17. Concentrations (ng ofbutyltin ion per g, wet weight basis) ofbutyltins in tissues and organs of higher trophic animals, adapted from Iwata et al. (1997)
Sample
Sampling location Tissues and
MBT
DBT
TBT
LBTs
organs
Finless porpoise,
Ise Bay
Muscle
22
38 420
480
1994
Blubber
73
20
120
213
Liver
680
1800 810
3290
Kidney
55
340 510
905
Heart
12
41
640
693
Lung
90
59
160
309
Stomach
18
64
130
212
Brain
9
40 350
399
Adrenal gland
130
350 250
730
Spleen
33
98
69
200
Bone a
14
21
33
68
Esophagus
19
36
49
104
Pancreas
72
130 220
422
Intestine
9
70
66
145
Urinary bladder
26
67
56
149
Eye
<5
12
35
47
Blood
82
640
95
817
Intestine content
6
47
150
203
Ginkgo-toothed
Japan Sea
Muscle
20
8
19
47
beaked whale,
Blubber
20
10
33
63
1993
Liver
120
130
76
326
Kidney
66
34
42
132
Largha seal.
Western coast of
Muscle
14
6
20
40
1992
Hokkaido
Blubber
14
1
4
19
Liver
96
200
32
328
Kidney
27
55
28
110
Common cormorant,
North Pacific
Liver
150
180
19
349
1993
Loggerhead turtle,
Tosashimizu
Liver
68
60
2.4
130
1990
a The bone marrow of a rib was analysed.