Issue 3, 2002

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.

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 Dec 2001
Accepted
06 Mar 2002
First published
19 Mar 2002

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

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

T. Milivojevič Nemanič, H. Leskovšek, M. Horvat, B. Vrišer and A. Bolje, J. Environ. Monit., 2002, 4, 426 DOI: 10.1039/B111582K

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