Ecotoxicology of antifouling biocides

Part I. Overview of antifouling biocides. Release rate of biocides from antifouling paints / Kazunobu Takahashi -- International trends in regulatory aspects / Tetsuya Senda -- Part II. Behavior of organotin compounds and their effects on aquatic organisms. Section 1. Distribution of organotin compounds in aquatic environments. Global contamination by organotin compounds / Kurunthachalam Kannan and Shinsuke Tanabe -- Contamination by organotin compounds in Asia / Takaomi Arai and Hiroya Harino -- Behaviour of organotins in the coastal environment / William John Langston, Hiroya Harino, and Nicholas Dingle Pope -- Organotin contamination in deep sea environments / Hiroya Harino ... [et al.] -- Section 2. Organotin compounds as endocrine disruptors. Mechanism of imposex induced by organotins in gastropods / Toshihiro Horiguchi -- The endocrine-disrupting effect of organotin compounds for aquatic organisms / Toshihiro Horiguchi -- Section 3. Toxicity of organotin compounds in aquatic organisms. Toxicity for aquatic organisms / Kazuhiko Mochida and Kazunori Fujii -- Biological effects of tributyltin on the Caprellidea (crustacea: amphipoda) / Madoka Ohji -- Toxic interactions between tributyltin and polychlorinated biphenyls in aquatic organisms / Yuji Oshima ... [et al.] -- Immunotoxic effects of organotin compounds in teleost fish / Ayako Nakayama, Helmut Segner, and Shin'ichiro Kawai -- Section 4. Genetic and physiological impacts of organotin compounds. Genetic impacts of organotin compounds / Tsuyoshi Nakanishi and Jun-ichi Nishikawa -- Effects of organotins on the drug metabolizing enzymes in fish / Shin'ichiro Kawai and Ayako Nakayama -- Section 5. Bioaccumulation of organotin compounds in aquatic organisms. Plankton / Inneke F.M. Rumengan and Madoka Ohji -- Molluscs / William John Langston and Nicholas Dingle Pope -- Fish / Takaomi Arai -- Part III. Environmental chemistry of alternative biocides. Section 6. Analytical methods. The analysis of antifouling paint biocides in water, sediment and biota / Kevin V. Thomas and Katherine H. Langford -- Section 7. Monitoring of alternative biocides. Europe and USA / Kevin V. Thomas and Katherine H. Langford -- Asia / Hiroya Harino ... [et al.] -- Section 8. Toxicity in aquatic organisms. Toxicity in plankton and fish / Kazuhiko Mochida and Kazunori Fujii -- Further effects of alternative biocides on aquatic organisms / Kazuhiko Mochida and Kazunori Fujii -- Section 9. Characteristics of alternative biocides in aquatic environments. Degradation of alternative biocides in the aquatic environment / Hiroya Harino and William John Langston -- Copper biocides in the marine environment / Steven J. Brooks and Mike Waldock -- Part IV. General summary. Overview / Hiroya Harino.