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Temporal changes in TBT pollution in water, sediment, and oyster from Jinhae Bay after the total ban in South Korea
- Issue Date
- Sep-2014
- Publisher
- Pergamon Press Ltd.
- Keywords
- Tributyltin; Temporal change; Seawater; Sediment; Oyster
- Citation
- Marine Pollution Bulletin, v.86, no.1-2, pp.547 - 554
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- Marine Pollution Bulletin
- Volume
- 86
- Number
- 1-2
- Start Page
- 547
- End Page
- 554
- ISSN
- 0025-326X
- Abstract
- Temporal change in tributyltin (TBT) levels in Jinhae Bay, which has various TBT sources, was investigated in water, sediments, and oysters from 2003 to 2013 after its total ban in South Korea. The seawater TBT levels decreased over 500-fold from 1995/97 to 2008/09. The oyster TBT levels were about fourfold lower in 2012/13 than in 1995/97. However, the sediment TBT levels did not significantly change, even 10 years after the partial TBT ban on small ships and 7 years after the total TBT ban on all oceangoing vessels in Korea. The total ban of TBT use effectively reduced water and oyster TBT levels in Jinhae Bay, but TBT levels in water, oysters, and sediment remained above the global environmental quality standards established to protect marine organisms. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Related Researcher
- Shin, Kyung Hoon
- COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND CONVERGENCE TECHNOLOGY (DEPARTMENT OF MARINE SCIENCE AND CONVERGENCE ENGINEERING)