Steven J. Bushong

TL;DR: Concentrations of TBT exceeding the LC 50 values reported for both copepod species have been found in the water column from marinas in northern Chesapeake Bay.

TL;DR: A monthly sampling program for dibutyltin (DBT), tributyltin and tetrabutyltalin (TTBT) was initiated for a period of one year (July 1985-June 1986) in the Maryland waters of Chesapeake Bay.

TL;DR: Repeated chronic toxicity experiments were conducted with the Chesapeake Bay zooplankter Acartia tonsa to evaluate its sensitivity to tributyltin (TBT) and it was found that A. tonsa nauplii are very sensitive to TBT relative to other estuarine organisms.

TL;DR: In this paper, butyltins were determined in the microlayer, water column and sediment of a northern Chesapeake Bay marina and its receiving system, and concentrations of TBT in all three environmental compartments were higher in the marinas than in the receiving system.

TL;DR: St striped bass prolarvae and yearlings in the Potomac River were evaluated by using in situ test chambers to correlate survival with the presence of water quality conditions, inorganic contaminants, and organic contaminants and conduct histological examinations of surviving yearling striped bass.