Macrofaunal recovery following TBT ban |
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Authors: | R. Smith S. G. Bolam H. L. Rees C. Mason |
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Affiliation: | (1) Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Remembrance Avenue, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, CM0 8HA, UK |
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Abstract: | In the United Kingdom, the use of TBT-based anti-fouling paints on small vessels was banned in 1987, and a biological study of the Crouch Estuary, a yachting centre on the south-eastern coast of the UK, was conducted in order to determine the ecological improvements resulting from this legislation. We present the changes in the macro-infaunal communities along the estuary in relation to declining TBT concentrations between 1987 and 2005. Although the major changes in response to the ban were observed within the first 3 years (primarily an increase in the number of crustacean taxa and a shift in community structure), with changes still apparent between three and 5 years, the temporal duration of this study allowed the rapidity of the response to be truly determined. |
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Keywords: | TBT contamination Macro-infauna Monitoring Recovery South-east England |
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