Spatiotemporal distribution and risk assessment of organotins in the surface water of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region, China

• Published in: Chemosphere (Oxford) Vol. 171; pp. 405 - 414
• Main Authors: Gao, Jun-Min, Wu, Lei, Chen, You-Peng, Zhou, Bin, Guo, Jin-Song, Zhang, Ke, Ouyang, Wen-Juan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2017
• Subjects: aquatic organisms; Aquatic Organisms - drug effects; China; dibutyltin; Dynamic water level; environmental assessment; Environmental Monitoring; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; monitoring; Organotin Compounds - analysis; Organotin Compounds - chemistry; Organotin Compounds - toxicity; Organotins; risk; Risk Assessment; Rivers - chemistry; seasonal variation; spatial variation; Spatio-Temporal Analysis; Spatiotemporal distribution; surface water; Three Gorges Reservoir Region (TGRR); tin; tributyltin; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Water Pollutants, Chemical - chemistry; Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity; water pollution; water quality; China; Organotins; Dynamic water level; Three Gorges Reservoir Region (TGRR); Risk assessment; Spatiotemporal distribution

The water quality security of the Three Gorges Reservoir during different operating periods has been a subject of recent concern. This study is the first to report the spatiotemporal variability of organotins (OTs) in surface water under dynamic water level conditions in the Three Gorges Reservoir R...