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A temporal and spatial monitoring of organotin pollution in a harborside region of Brazil by imposex and ecological quality ratio using Leucozonia nassa

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This study represents the first use of Leucozonia nassa (Mollusca-Gastropoda) in a program of long-term monitoring. Specimens of L. nassa were collected between 2006 and 2014 and analyzed for the occurrence of imposex in two areas in Southeastern Brazil, one control area and another characterized by the presence of many ports and marinas. Imposex was evaluated in nine sites based on the percentage of females exhibiting imposex (I%), relative penis length index and vas deferens sequence index, classical indices to evaluate tributyltin (TBT) impacts. Moreover, this study uses for the first time in a tropical environment the ecological quality ratio (EQR), an approach to verify the imposex levels as an indicator of the impact by organotin compounds according to the EU Water Framework Directive. The results confirm the occurrence of high levels of imposex in L. nassa with all the indices evaluated. Furthermore, the results also indicate that, despite the international ban, antifouling paints based on TBT are still possibly used in Brazil. In addition, this study shows that L. nassa has the characteristics that make it a suitable bioindicator to monitor TBT pollution, and that the use of the EQR may create important data regarding this problem.

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This study was funded by the Support Fund for Science and Technology/Vitoria (FACITEC/PMV) (Process No. 035/2006 and Process No. 2273/2008) and the Foundation for Support of Science and Technology of the State of Espírito Santo (FAPES) (Process 35521724/2006).

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    Mercia Barcellos da Costa, Gabriela Carvalho Zamprogno, Mariana Beatriz Paz Otegui, Letícia de Morais, Felipe Corteletti Pedruzzi, Gabriel Bautz Dalbem, Daniele Angeli da Silva & Allana Cristini Borges Resende

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• Use of the Leucozonia nassa (Mollusca-Gastropoda) in a program of long-term monitoring.

• L. nassa has characteristics that make it suitable as an indicator species in programs to monitor TBT.

• This study uses for the first time the Ecological Quality Ratio (EQR) in a tropical environment.

• The results from EQR were corresponding with the classical indexes of imposex.

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da Costa, M.B., Zamprogno, G.C., Otegui, M.B.P. et al. A temporal and spatial monitoring of organotin pollution in a harborside region of Brazil by imposex and ecological quality ratio using Leucozonia nassa . Environ Monit Assess 189, 650 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-017-6367-7

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