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Evaluation of the use of Olivella minuta (Gastropoda, Olividae) and Hastula cinerea (Gastropoda, Terebridae) as TBT sentinels for sandy coastal habitats

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Tributyltin (TBT) contamination is still recorded in the environment even after its ban in antifouling paints. Since most biomonitors of TBT contamination, through imposex evaluation, are hard-bottom gastropods, the identification of soft-bottom sentinels has become useful for regions where rocky shores and coral reefs are absent. Thus, an evaluation of Olivella minuta and Hastula cinerea as monitors of TBT contamination was performed in two sandy beaches located under influence area of São Sebastião harbor (São Paulo state, Brazil), where previous and simultaneous studies have reported environmental contamination by TBT. In addition, the imposex occurrence in H. cinerea was assessed in an area with low marine traffic (Una beach), also located in São Paulo State. A moderate imposex incidence in O. minuta was detected in Pernambuco (% I = 9.36, RPLI = 4.49 and RPLIstand = 4.27) and Barequeçaba (% I = 2.42, RPLI = 0.36 and RPLIstand = 0.81) beaches, indicating TBT contamination. In contrast, more severe levels of imposex were recorded for H. cinerea in Una beach (% I = 12.45) and mainly in Barequeçaba beach (% I = 98.92, RPLI = 26.65). Our results suggest that O. minuta and H. cinerea have good potential as biomonitors for TBT based on their wide geographical distribution, common occurrence in different coastal sediment habitats, easy collection, and association with TBT-contaminated sediments.

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This paper is part of the Doctoral and Postdoctoral of M. Petracco, and of the undergraduate scientific initiation of N.C.L.P. Arruda and L.A. del Matto at Instituto Oceanográfico da Universidade de São Paulo (IOUSP). We wish to express our gratitude to all participants in the field work and to Estação Ecológica Juréia-Itatins and CEBIMar (USP) for their logistic assistance. The authors thank Dr. Luiz Ricardo L. Simone for assisting in the gender identification of Olivella minuta and Hastula cinerea. M. Petracco thanks “Fundação de Amparo e Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa (FADESP) e Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação (PROPESP)/UFPA” for providing the financial support for the English revision. This study was supported by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, FAPESP (Processes. No. 2008/11053-0; 2009/17585-6).

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Petracco, M., Camargo, R.M., Berenguel, T.A. et al. Evaluation of the use of Olivella minuta (Gastropoda, Olividae) and Hastula cinerea (Gastropoda, Terebridae) as TBT sentinels for sandy coastal habitats. Environ Monit Assess 187, 440 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-015-4650-z

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