ACUTE TOXICITY AND CHRONIC EFFECTS OF BIS (TRI-N-BUTYLTIN) OXIDE TO SEVERAL SPECIES OF FRESHWATER ORGANISMS

Abstract

Triorganotin compounds are widely used as industrial biocides, agricultural chemicals, wood preservatives, and marine antifoulants. Although the in vitro fungicidal biological activity of the triorganotins was recognized in the mid-1950's, commercial development was not seriously undertaken until the early l960's. The triorganotins that are most useful as biological control agents, in general, are the tributyltins, triphenyltins, and tricyclohexyltins.