Organotin compounds in the marine environment of the Bay of Piran, Northern Adriatic Sea

Tadeja Milivojevič Nemanič; Hermina Leskovšek; Milena Horvat; Borut Vrišer; Aleš Bolje

doi:10.1039/B111582K

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Tadeja Milivojevič Nemanič,^a Hermina Leskovšek,^a Milena Horvat,^a Borut Vrišer^b and Aleš Bolje^c

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^a Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia

^b Marine Biological Station, National Institute of Biology, Fornače 41, SI-6330 Piran, Slovenia

^c Marikultura Portorož d.o.o., Liminjanska c. 111, SI-6320 Portorož, Slovenia

Abstract

In the year 2000, organotin pollution was investigated in the Bay of Piran, Slovenia, at the northern extremity of the Adriatic Sea. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry with single ion monitoring GC/MS-SIM was applied for speciation analysis of pentylated organotin compounds in water and mussels. Sampling of marine waters was performed in summer and autumn at 8 locations. Mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis were collected only in summer at 3 locations. The highest concentrations of tributyltin (TBT) in marine water ranged from 500 to 630 ng L⁻¹ (as Sn) in summer and from 180 to 230 ng L⁻¹ (as Sn) in autumn. TBT concentration in mussels varied from 500 to 3500 ng g⁻¹ dry weight (d.w.) (as Sn). The study indicated remarkable butyltin pollution of the Slovenian coastline. Accuracy of the analytical procedure was verified by BCR CRM 477.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B111582K
Article type: Paper
Submitted: 19 Dec 2001
Accepted: 06 Mar 2002
First published: 19 Mar 2002

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J. Environ. Monit., 2002,4, 426-430

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