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The effects of two antifouling paints, one containing organotin compounds, the other copper oxide, were studied from September 1983 to October 1984 on Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg) grown under natural field conditions in the Bay of Arcachon, France. The organotin paint reduced growth rate expressed as weight, length and width, but did not affect shell height; it drastically decreased the dry condition factor and shell density, but did not affect the viability of embryos and larvae from exposed oysters. However, some decrease in larval growth rate was observed. The copper paint had no effect on oyster growth, but lowered the condition factor compared to controls. Neither viability of embryos or larvae nor larval growth were affected by this paint.
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His, E., Robert, R. Comparative effects of two antifouling paints on the oyster Crassostrea gigas . Mar. Biol. 95, 83–86 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00447488
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