Accumulation of Organotin Compounds in Tissues and Organs of Dolphins from the Coasts of Thailand

摘要

The concentration of organotin (OT) in seven species of dolphin (bottlenose dolphin, finless porpoise, Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphin, long-beaked common dolphin, Pantropical spotted dolphin, spinner dolphin, and striped dolphin), which were stranded on the coasts of Thailand, were measured. Butyltin (BT) and phenyltin (PT) compounds in tissues and organs of the dolphins were in the range of 16-1,152 μg kg−1 and dugongs > dolphins and the concentrations of PTs in whales were higher than those in dolphins and dugongs.