Improvements in the Epifauna of the Crouch Estuary (United Kingdom) Following a Decline in TBT Concentrations

Rees, H.L.; Waldock, R.; Matthiessen, Peter; Pendle, M.A.

doi:10.1016/s0025-326x(00)00119-3

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“…This was supported by field observations. O. edulis only occurred 'sporadically' in trawl surveys of the Crouch in 1987 (Rees et al, 2001), and at the most contaminated Crouch station was still only found at 13 per 500 m 2 trawl in 1992 (= 0.03 per m 2 ), although many of these individuals were young, indicating that breeding had resumed. However, oyster density had reached 110 per trawl at that same station by 1997 (= 0.22 per m 2 ), a sevenfold increase.…”

Section: Bivalvesmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Somewhat similar effects have been observed in a mussel Mytilus edulis population near a naval dockyard (Hellou et al, 2003) which would have been a source of TBT, but it is uncertain whether organotins were the causative factor. Finally, observations of the benthos in the Crouch estuary, U.K., made after 1987 when TBT was banned from use on small boats, showed a strong association between the decline of TBT contamination and an increase in abundance and diversity of the bivalve (and prosobranch) community (Rees et al , 2001Waldock et al, 1999). There were also TBT-related changes in certain non-mollusc species (e.g.…”

Section: Bivalvesmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…An illustration of this gap in the suite of available guidelines is the well-known case of the tributyltin-based antifouling paints which have caused masculinisation of at least 150 prosobranch mollusc species worldwide, have decimated many mollusc populations, have severely damaged the oyster-growing industry, and have caused severe losses of invertebrate biodiversity in shallow coastal waters (Matthiessen and Gibbs, 1998;Rees et al, 1999Rees et al, , 2001Waldock et al, 1999). These impacts have included relatively mild effects on crustaceans, but no known effects on vertebrates.…”

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Section: Bivalvesmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Bivalvesmentioning

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“…In addition, TBT has been found to have chronic effects on a large number of aquatic organisms such as micro-organisms (Dahllof et al 2001), the periwinkle Littorina littorea (Matthiessen et al 1995), the common mussel Mytilus edulis (Lapota et al 1992), the larvae of the shore crab Hemigrapsus nudus (Webbe 1987), the bivalve Scrobicularia plana (Ruiz et al 1995), and macroinvertebrate species within a seagrass habitat (Kelly et al 1990). Such effects on a wide variety of nontarget species have led to changes at the community level Waldock et al 1999;Dahllof et al 2001;Rees et al 2001).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Department of the Environment (now the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) did, however, jointly fund a study of changes in estuarine ecosystems previously heavily contaminated with TBT. Based predominantly on the Crouch Estuary, Essex, ecological surveys were conducted on macrobenthic communities of sub-and intertidal habitats of the Crouch to assess changes in response to the ban (Matthiessen et al 1995Waldock et al 1999;Rees et al 1999Rees et al , 2001. The conclusions of these studies were that although the majority of community recovery took place in the initial period following the ban, the most recent study (conducted in 1997) indicated that the communities had not completely stabilised and that a further study during 2002-2005 was recommended .…”

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Macrofaunal recovery following TBT ban

Smith

Bolam

Rees

et al. 2007

Environ Monit Assess

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In the United Kingdom, the use of TBT-based anti-fouling paints on small vessels was banned in 1987, and a biological study of the Crouch Estuary, a yachting centre on the south-eastern coast of the UK, was conducted in order to determine the ecological improvements resulting from this legislation. We present the changes in the macro-infaunal communities along the estuary in relation to declining TBT concentrations between 1987 and 2005. Although the major changes in response to the ban were observed within the first 3 years (primarily an increase in the number of crustacean taxa and a shift in community structure), with changes still apparent between three and 5 years, the temporal duration of this study allowed the rapidity of the response to be truly determined.

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Consequences of Antifouling Systems – An Environmental Perspective

Hallers-Tjabbes¹,

Walmsley

2009

Biofouling

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Improvements in the Epifauna of the Crouch Estuary (United Kingdom) Following a Decline in TBT Concentrations

Cited by 27 publications

References 14 publications

Detailed Review Paper (DRP) on Molluscs Life-cycle Toxicity Testing

Detailed Review Paper (DRP) on Molluscs Life-cycle Toxicity Testing

Macrofaunal recovery following TBT ban

Consequences of Antifouling Systems – An Environmental Perspective

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