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Decreased TBT pollution and changing bioaccumulation pattern in gastropods imply butyltin desorption from sediments
Authors:Ruiz J M  Barreiro R  Couceiro L  Quintela M
Institution:Depto. BA, BV y Ecología, Universidade da Coru?a, Campus da Zapateira s/n, 15071 Coru?a, Spain. jmruiz@udc.es
Abstract:Two monitoring surveys were repeated in Galicia (NW Spain): one in 2003 concerned the rocky shore gastropod Nucella lapillus (19 populations, the reference campaign in 1996), the other dealt in 2005 with the infaunal snail Nassarius reticulatus (25 sites, the previous one in 2000). Samples were subject to a standard protocol to determine the concentrations of butyltins (BTs) in tissues. Results show that pollution in most populations has considerably decreased over the last decade: for N. lapillus the mean descent ranged from 37% (for tributyltin -TBT-) to 66% (for monobutyltin -MBT-), and TBT concentrations were on average halved in N. reticulatus. However, derivatives generally increased in this latter species, to the extent that dibutyltin -DBT- in several 2005 samples exceeded the aggregate of all three BTs in 2000. As a consequence, a major change in the bioaccumulation patterns becomes evident, particularly when computing the butyltin degradation index BDI: (DBT+MBT)/TBT]. This shift is most marked at sites where pollution has always been lowest, and it shows significant negative correlation between both gastropods. Since sources other than antifouling paints are not important in the area, it is proposed that observations are due to BT desorption from sediments through some interplay involving the different characteristics of the chemicals and the contrasting biology of the animals.
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