ABSTRACT
TPT-Cl (triphenyltin-chloride) is an organotin compound, extensively used in agriculture and in antifouling paints. This contaminant tends to accumulate in soil and sediments (Federoff et al. 1999) and it is well known for its specific androgenic activity (Fait et al. 1994, Matthiessen & Gibbs 1998). Although acute and chronic toxicity tests with benthic freshwater animals have been developed for this compound, they still have to be established for marine organisms and the list of representative animal models for the marine environment is still largely incomplete.
