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Assessment of Butyltin and Phenyltin Pollution in the Sea Mullet, Mugil cephalus, Along the Moroccan and Spanish Coasts (Mediterranean Sea)

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Abstract

Levels of three butyltin (BTs) compounds, monobutyltin (MBT), dibutyltin (DBT) and tributyltin (TBT), and three phenyltin (PTs) compounds, monophenyltin (MPhT), diphenyltin (DPhT), and triphenyltin (TPhT), were determined in the sea mullet, Mugil cephalus, collected along the northern Mediterranean coast of Morocco, and the south Mediterranean coast of Spain. Also, sediment samples from the Guadalquivir River (Spain) near to its mouth in the Mediterranean Sea were analysed. TBT and TPhT were the predominant compounds in the analyzed samples, and TBT concentrations were higher in liver than in muscle. In general, the total content of BTs in these samples was higher than PT levels. In the Moroccan coast, the highest value of BTs (18.00 mg/Kg wet weight) was found in the west harbour of the Tangier site, while the lowest concentration (0.01 mg/Kg wet weight) was detected in the Oued Laoue site. Concerning PTs compounds, the highest value (4.00 mg/Kg wet weight) was found in the harbour of the M’diq Site and the lowest value (0.01 mg/Kg wet weight) was detected in the Oued Laoue site. On the other hand, organotin (OT) residues were not detected in the water samples of the Spanish coast although TBT was identified in four of the nine sediment samples from the Guadalquivir River at concentrations between 15.45 and 245.07 mg/Kg wet weight.

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The authors are very grateful to the Framework Agreement between the Consejería de Medio Ambiente de la Junta de Andalucía and the University of Almería (Analytical Chemistry Department), and to the Consejería de la Presidencia Junta de Andalucía (project AM58/04) for financial support.

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  1. Département de Biologie, Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi, 93002, Tetouan, Morocco

    L. Hajjaj Hassani & M. H. Benajiba

  2. Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Almería, 04071, Almería, Spain

    A. Garrido Frenich, M. J. González Rodríguez & J. L. Martínez Vidal

  3. Département de Chimie, Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi, 93002, Tetouan, Morocco

    A. Debdoubi

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Hassani, L.H., Frenich, A.G., Benajiba, M. et al. Assessment of Butyltin and Phenyltin Pollution in the Sea Mullet, Mugil cephalus, Along the Moroccan and Spanish Coasts (Mediterranean Sea). Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 51, 608–614 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-005-0252-z

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Keywords

  • Fish Sample
  • Butyltin
  • Triphenyltin
  • Spanish Coast
  • Phenyltin