Biological Effects by Organotins

Part I. Analytical Techniques for Trace Levels of Organotin Compounds and Contamination by Organotin and Alternative Antifouling Paints in the Marine Environment

1. Analytical Techniques for Trace Levels of Organotin Compounds in the Marine Environment
Babu Rajendran Ramaswamy

2. Continuing Issues of Contamination by Organotins in the Marine Environment After Domestic and International Legislation
Yuji Takao

3. Emerging Issues on Contamination and Adverse Effects by Alternative Antifouling Paints in the Marine Environments
Hiroya Harino

Part II. Contamination by Organotins and Organotin-Induced Imposex in Gastropod Mollusks

4. Contamination by Organotins and Its Population-Level Effects Involved by Imposex in Prosobranch Gastropods
Toshihiro Horiguchi

5. Organotins and Imposex in Europe: A Pre-ban and Post-ban Perspective
Ana Catarina A. Sousa, M. Ramiro Pastorinho

6. Current Status of Organotin Contamination and Imposex in Neogastropods Along Coastal Marine Environments of Southeast Asia and China
Kevin King Yan Ho, Kenneth Mei Yee Leung

7. Current Status of Contamination by Organotins and Imposex in Prosobranch Gastropods in Korea
Hyeon-Seo Cho, Toshihiro Horiguchi

Part III. Fundamental Knowledge of Physiology and Mode of Action of Organotins to Induce the Development of Imposex in Gastropod Mollusks

8. Neuropeptides and Their Physiological Functions in Mollusks
Fumihiro Morishita

9. Mode of Action of Organotins to Induce the Development of Imposex in Gastropods, Focusing on Steroid and the Retinoid X Receptor Activation Hypotheses
Toshihiro Horiguchi

10. Effects of Organotins in Mollusk’s Lipids
Denise Fernandes, Cinta Porte

11. Reproductive Organ Development in the Ivory Shell Babylonia japonica and the Rock Shell Thais clavigera

Toshihiro Horiguchi

Keywords: Environment, Ecotoxicology, Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management, Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Invertebrates