Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 57, Issue 6-12, Pages 515-523Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.02.031
Keywords
Amphipoda; Caprella; reduced reproductive fitness; low concentration; survival rate; TBT
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Hatched juveniles of Caprella danilevskii (Crustacea: Amphipoda) were exposed to one of two concentrations of tributyltin (TBT) (1.1 and 10.7 ng TBT L-1) for 49 d at 20 degrees C. These concentrations are near or below ambient levels in seawater. In both treatments and control, the survival rate was 100% at maturation, and > 85% at the end of the experiments. Females reached maturation at 20 (median) to 21.5 d at instar VII, and repeated spawning 4-5 times during the experiment. The total number of juveniles per female decreased significantly from 39.5 in the control to 24.5 and 17.5 in 1.1 ng L-1 and 10.7 ng L-1 treatments, respectively. An earlier study reported that as the TBT concentration in seawater increased from a 0-10 ng L-1 regime to a 10-20 ng L-1 regime, the number of stations where Caprella spp. could be collected decreased along the coast of the Seto Inland Sea, of Japan. Thus, the present study indicates the possibility that the extremely low concentration of TBT measured in Japanese waters after 2000 lead to a reduction in reproductive success of Caprella spp. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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