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Distribution of butyltins in the waters and sediments along the coast of India

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Title Distribution of butyltins in the waters and sediments along the coast of India
 
Creator Garg, A.
Meena, R.M.
Jadhav, S.
Bhosle, N.B.
 
Subject Antifouling
Butyltins
surface sediment
butyltins
 
Description 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 approx. 1.7 and 342 ng Sn l sup(-1), whereas for sediments it varied between below detection limit to 14861 ng Sn g sup(-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
 
Date 2011-02-11T10:17:14Z
2011-02-11T10:17:14Z
2011
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol.62(2); 2011; 423-431
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http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/3788
 
Language en
 
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Rights An edited version of this paper was published by Elsevier. Copyright [2011] Elsevier
 
Publisher Elsevier