Pollution status of marine protected areas worldwide and the consequent toxic effects are unknown

DMS Abessa, HC Albuquerque, LG Morais… - Environmental …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Chemical pollution is considered a factor that may threaten marine protected areas (MPAs),
and recent studies have found contamination and associated biological effects in some …

Imposex and butyltin contamination still evident in Chile after TBT global ban

RM Batista, IB Castro, G Fillmann - Science of the Total Environment, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Imposex in gastropods (Acanthina monodon, Oliva peruviana and Xanthochorus
cassidiformis), butyltin levels in surface sediments (Coquimbo and Concepcion) and tissues …

[HTML][HTML] Pollution biomarkers in Latin American and Caribbean marine environments: A review to identify gaps in passive biomonitoring studies

DM Truchet, DM Villagran, ML Menone - Journal of Hazardous Materials …, 2025‏ - Elsevier
Marine environments, particularly coastal areas, are significantly impacted by human
activities that introduce pollutants. Consequently, researchers are exploring ways to link …

Venezuelan Caribbean Sea under the threat of TBT

CA Paz-Villarraga, ÍB Castro, P Miloslavich, G Fillmann - Chemosphere, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Although environmental tributyltin (TBT) contamination is considered a solved problem,
imposex occurrence in Plicopurpura patula as well as butyltins (BTs) contamination in …

Spatiotemporal appraisal of TBT contamination and imposex along a tropical bay (Todos os Santos Bay, Brazil)

V Artifon, ÍB Castro, G Fillmann - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2016‏ - Springer
A spatiotemporal evaluation of butyltin contamination was performed between 2010 and
2012 along Todos os Santos Bay (Northeast Brazil) using surface sediments, bivalve tissues …

Imposex incidence in the sandy beach snail Hastula cinerea reveals continued and widespread tributyltin contamination after its international ban

MN Ragagnin, A Turra - Regional Studies in Marine Science, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Tributyltin (TBT) contamination is a prominent issue in coastal areas. However, TBT
contamination in sandy beaches, which dominate the seascape of some regions, is not well …

Tributyltin impacts in Galapagos Islands and Ecuadorian shore: marine protected areas under threat

ROR Grimón, MFA Osorio, DM de Freitas, ÍB Castro - Marine Policy, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Imposex incidence and biometric parameters were investigated in six muricid species along
of 1200 km of Ecuadorian shore and in Galapagos archipelago. The obtained data, were …

Evaluation of the use of Olivella minuta (Gastropoda, Olividae) and Hastula cinerea (Gastropoda, Terebridae) as TBT sentinels for sandy coastal habitats

M Petracco, RM Camargo, TA Berenguel… - Environmental …, 2015‏ - Springer
Tributyltin (TBT) contamination is still recorded in the environment even after its ban in
antifouling paints. Since most biomonitors of TBT contamination, through imposex …

Imposex incidence in Stramonita haemastoma (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from the Mediterranean and Atlantic coast after Tributyltin global ban

T El Ayari, N Bierne, NT El Menif - Journal of Sea Research, 2018‏ - Elsevier
The development of male genital tract by female gastropods, or imposex, can be caused by
the tributyltin used in antifouling paints. A spatial survey of imposex in the gastropod …

Review of Pugilina from the Atlantic, with description of a new species from Brazil (Neogastropoda, Melongenidae)

D Abbate, LRL Simone - African Invertebrates, 2015‏ - journals.co.za
The anatomy of Brazilian and African specimens of Pugilina morio, a supposedly amphi-
Atlantic species, is described in detail in this paper. Two different entities are recognised …