| Title | First evaluation of the threat posed by antifouling biocides in the Southern Adriatic Sea |
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| Publication Type | Articolo su Rivista peer-reviewed |
| Year of Publication | 2014 |
| Authors | Manzo, Sonia, Ansanelli Giuliana, Parrella Luisa, Di Landa G., Massanisso P., Schiavo S., Minopoli C., Lanza B., Boggia R., Aleksi P., and Tabaku A. |
| Journal | Environmental Sciences: Processes and Impacts |
| Volume | 16 |
| Pagination | 1981-1993 |
| ISSN | 20507887 |
| Keywords | Albania, Aliivibrio fischeri, analysis, animal, Animals, Artemia, article, Bioassay, biocide, biofouling, Biological Assay, Chemical, Chemical analysis, chemistry, Chlorophyta, disinfectant agent, Disinfectants, Diuron, drug effects, ecotoxicity, ecotoxicology, Environmental monitoring, green alga, hazard ratio, Italy, marine species, nonhuman, organotin compound, prevention and control, Principal component analysis, priority journal, Risk assessment, sea pollution, sea water, Seawater, Toxicity, Trialkyltin Compounds, tributyltin, water pollutant, Water Pollutants |
| Abstract | The CARISMA project (characterization and ecological risk analysis of antifouling biocides in the Southern Adriatic Sea) aims to appraise the quality of the Southern Adriatic Sea between Italy (Apulia region) and Albania and, in particular, the impact due to the use of biocidal antifouling coatings. Under this project, a preliminary survey at the main hot spots of contamination (e.g. ports and marinas) was conducted at the end of the nautical season in 2012. Chemical seawater analyses were complemented with ecotoxicological assays and the results were analyzed by principal component analysis (PCA). As expected, PCA splits the Albanian and Italian ports, according to the different degrees of contamination indicated for the two countries by the experimental data, highlighting the most critical situation in one port of Apulia. In addition, in order to assess the potential adverse ecological effects posed by antifouling agents (i.e. tributyltin (TBT)-irgarol-diuron) on non-target marine organisms, hazard quotients (HQ) were calculated. The results showed a low risk posed by irgarol and diuron whereas the probability of adverse effects was high in the case of TBT. This journal is © the Partner Organisations 2014. |
| Notes | cited By 3 |
| URL | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84904807063&doi=10.1039%2fc3em00724c&partnerID=40&md5=ec95f41ee5ba0d3e1304df3a042af27d |
| DOI | 10.1039/c3em00724c |
| Citation Key | Manzo20141981 |
