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    Relationships of mercury concentrations across tissue types, muscle regions and fins for two shark species

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    O'Bryhim, Jason R.
    Adams, Douglas H.
    Spaet, Julia L.Y. cc
    Mills, Gary
    Lance, Stacey L.
    KAUST Department
    Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) Division
    Marine Science Program
    Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)
    Date
    2017-01-31
    Online Publication Date
    2017-01-31
    Print Publication Date
    2017-04
    Embargo End Date
    2019-01-31
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    Abstract
    Mercury (Hg) exposure poses a threat to both fish and human health. Sharks are known to bioaccumulate Hg, however, little is known regarding how Hg is distributed between different tissue groups (e.g. muscle regions, organs). Here we evaluated total mercury (THg) concentrations from eight muscle regions, four fins (first dorsal, left and right pectorals, caudal-from both the inner core and trailing margin of each fin), and five internal organs (liver, kidney, spleen, heart, epigonal organ) from two different shark species, bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo) and silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) to determine the relationships of THg concentrations between and within tissue groups. Total Hg concentrations were highest in the eight muscle regions with no significant differences in THg concentrations between the different muscle regions and muscle types (red and white). Results from tissue collected from any muscle region would be representative of all muscle sample locations. Total Hg concentrations were lowest in samples taken from the fin inner core of the first dorsal, pectoral, and caudal (lower lobe) fins. Mercury concentrations for samples taken from the trailing margin of the dorsal, pectoral, and caudal fins (upper and lower lobe) were also not significantly different from each other for both species. Significant relationships were found between THg concentrations in dorsal axial muscle tissue and the fin inner core, liver, kidney, spleen and heart for both species as well as the THg concentrations between the dorsal fin trailing margin and the heart for the silky shark and all other sampled tissue types for the bonnethead shark. Our results suggest that biopsy sampling of dorsal muscle can provide data that can effectively estimate THg concentrations in specific organs without using more invasive, or lethal methods.
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    O’Bryhim JR, Adams DH, Spaet JLY, Mills G, Lance SL (2017) Relationships of mercury concentrations across tissue types, muscle regions and fins for two shark species. Environmental Pollution. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.01.029.
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    We would like to thank everyone who helped make this research possible including: Dr. Bruce Saul and his undergraduates at Augusta University for helping collect bonnethead sharks, Dr. Scott Weir, Angela Lindell, Kimberly Price, Amanda Holland and scientists from the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute's Fisheries-Independent Monitoring program. This research was partially supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under Award Numbers DE--FC09--07SR22506 to the University of Georgia Research Foundation. It was also supported in part by proceeds from State of Florida saltwater recreational fishing licenses, and by funding from the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Federal Aid for Sportfish Restoration Project Number F12AF00222.
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    Elsevier BV
    Journal
    Environmental Pollution
    DOI
    10.1016/j.envpol.2017.01.029
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    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749117301744
    https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1819064
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    10.1016/j.envpol.2017.01.029
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