Response of temperate sea anemones to butyltin contamination

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Mercier, Annie, Pelletier, Émilien, Hamel, Jean-François
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1998
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Stella; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f97-249; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f97-249

Two common species from the North Atlantic, Metridium senile and Bunodactis stella, were used to assess the response of temperate sea anemones toward tributyltin (TBT) contamination. Sea anemones M. senile exposed to a nominal TBT concentration of 50 ng ·L seawater -1 in a continuous-flow system for...