Environmental levels of sediment-associated tri-n-butyltin chloride (TBTCI) and ionic regulation in flounders during seawater adaptation

• Published in: Marine biology Vol. 138; no. 6; pp. 1121 - 1130
• Main Authors: HARTL, M. G. J, HUTCHINSON, S, HAWKINS, L. E, GRAND, D. J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Springer 01-06-2001; Berlin Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agnatha. Pisces; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; Effects of pollution and side effects of pesticides on vertebrates; Fish; Freshwater fish; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Marine; Marine biology; Platichthys flesus; Seawater; Sediments; Water pollution; ANE, British Isles, England, Hampshire, Itchen Estuary; Gill; Enzyme; Ionic regulation; Antifouling paint; Estuaries; Platichthys flesus; K; Perturbation; Sediments; Marine environment; Pollutant; Vertebrata; Na; Pisces; Hydrolases; exchanging ATPase; Chloride cell; Biological effect; Tin Organic compounds; Euryhalinity; Organic stannane; Adaptation
• ISSN: 0025-3162; 1432-1793
• DOI: 10.1007/s002270100559

The effects of exposure ot sediment-associated tri-n-butyltin chloride (TBTCl) were examined in the euryhaline European flounder, Platichthys flesus (L.). The effects wree quantified by measuring the changes in sodium efflux; Na+/K+ -ATPase activity; and the numbers, areas, and distribution of chloride cells in the gills of freshwater-adapted fish, following a rapid transfer to seawater.