7091

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7091
• Author: Eisler, R.
• Title: Tin Hazards to Fish, Wildlife, and Invertebrates
• USFW Year: 1989.
• USFW - Doc Type: A Synoptic Review.
• Copyright Material: NO

Table 1. (Concluded)
Degradation route, organism or
compartment, and tin compound
Time for 50% degradation and
other variables (reference)
Triphenyltin
Diphenyltin
Seawater
Tributyltin
Soil
Tributyltin
Triphenyltin
Sediments
Trimethyltin
Tributyltin
8 months at 1.0 to 2.5 mg/1, 100
days at 0.5 mg/1 (Duncan 1980).
2 to 3 days (Soderquist and Crosby
1980).
6 to 19 days; most rapid at low
initial concentrations under
high illumination (Seligman et al.
1986).
15 to 20 weeks in nonsterile soils
(Walsh et al. 1985), 70 days in
moist aerobic soils, >200 days
in submerged anaerobic soils
(Smith 1981b).
About 140 days (Duncan 1980).
About 80 days at 16°C to form
the more volatile (CH3)4Sn
(Guard et al. 1981).
At least 10 months at 20°C
Maguire and Tkacz 1985).
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