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

TABLES
Number Page
1 Biological and abiotic degradation times of selected
organotins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Annual tin production and consumption. . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3 Major uses of inorganic and organic tin compounds. . . . . . 15
4 Possible modes of entry of organotins into air, soil, and
water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5 Total tin flux to the atmosphere and hydrosphere . . . . . . 19
6 Tin concentrations in nonbiological materials. . . . . . . . 21
7 Tin concentrations in field collections of living flora
and fauna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
8 Toxicity of selected diorganotin and triorganotin compounds
to zoeae of the marine mud crab (Rithropanopeus harrisii)
exposed from hatching to age 14 days . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
9 Lethal and sublethal effects of inorganic and organic tin
compounds in ambient medium to selected species of aquatic
organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
10 Lethal and sublethal effects of selected organotin
compounds-to birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
11 Effects of tin compounds on selected species of mammals. . . 53
12 Proposed organotin criteria for protection of natural
resources and human health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
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