Spatiotemporal variation and source apportionment of organotin compounds in sediments in the Yangtze Estuary

Environmental Sciences Europe

Table 2 Organotin distribution in surface sediments from China and some other foreign countries after the TBT global ban

Country	Sampling site	Sampling year	MBT	DBT	TBT	DPhT	TPhT	References
Country	Sampling site	Sampling year	ng Sn g⁻¹ dw					References
China	Kaohsiung Harbor	2009	2.6–30.3	2.9–8.3	12.7 ± 18.8^a	NG	NG	[5]
	Three Gorges Reservoir	2012/2013	2.0–23.3	17.8–186	1.2–6.2	ND–9.1	ND–4.9	[22]
	Yangtze Estuary	2014	10.0–17.0	ND–17.4	ND–15.7	3.9^b	3.7^b	[15]
	Yangtze Estuary	2015/2016	ND–11.3	ND–11.8	ND–10.5	ND–5.6	ND–10.4	This study
Brazil	Todos os Santos Bay	2010/2011	< 3–4.5	4–21	< 2–262	NG	NG	[23]
	Todos os Santos Bay	2012	< 3–108	< 2–72	< 2–77	NG	NG	[23]
	Santa Catarina harbor	2008	ND–312	ND–394	ND–1137	NG	NG	[24]
	Brazilian coast	2009	< 25–289	< 11–338	< 3.2–279	NG	NG	[25]
Argentina	Bahía Blanca Estuary	2013	31.7–293	14.3–156	7.7–32.0	NG	NG	[26]
France	Toulon Bay	2008/2009	0.5–1000	< 0.5–1800	< 0.5–2700	NG	NG	[27]
Chile	Caldera coast	2015	1.3–204	< 0.2–369	90.4–662	NG	NG	[28]