Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8872165 | Marine Pollution Bulletin | 2018 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Environmental contamination by mercury is a concern in marine food webs, and especially for large fish. We examined methylmercury (MeHg) levels in blood, muscle and liver of 35 individual Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhynchus), a commercially harvested, anadromous fish eastern Canada. Females had higher blood and liver MeHg levels than males, and in some tissues there was a suggestion of higher mercury in longer fish. Collectively, sturgeon MeHg levels were far below Canadian and international guidelines for safe consumption of fish meat.
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Authors
Mark L. Mallory, Nelson J. O'Driscoll, Sara Klapstein, Jose Luis Varela, Cornell Ceapa, Michael J. Stokesbury,