| evaluation of ecotoxicity and fate of methylated butyltins in sediments and seawater from tokyo bay, japan. | we analyzed the fate of organotins in seawater and sediments from tokyo bay, japan, by gas chromatography/inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. we also measured the toxicity of methylated butyltins by in vitro bioassays, the retinoid x receptor (rxr) activation method, and the marine luminescent bacterium vibrio fischeri. concentrations of tributyltin (tbt) and tributylmonomethyltin (tbmmt) in seawater were 0.0636 to 0.419 and 0.0050 to 0.108 ng sn/l and in sediment were 7.51 to 17.8 and ... | 2007 | 18020680 |