Bioaccumulation of mercury in the trophic chain of flatfish from the Baltic Sea |
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Authors: | Polak-Juszczak Lucyna |
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Affiliation: | Department of Food and Environmental Chemistry, National Marine Fisheries Research Institute, ul. Ko???taja 1, Gdynia 81-332, Poland. |
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Abstract: | Mercury concentrations in three flatfish species - flounder (Platichtys flesus), plaice (Pleuronectes platessa), and Baltic turbot (Scophthalmus maximus), netted in the southern Baltic Sea were assessed and compared to concentrations of this metal in sediments, sea water, and flatfish food - bivalve Macoma balthica, isopod Saduria entomon, and sprat (Sprattus sprattus). Collected simultaneously with flatfish in 2009 and 2010. Different concentrations of mercury depending on species, tissue or organ, sex, individual length, kind of food, and region were determined. The muscle tissues of turbot had the highest concentrations of the metal. The bioaccumulation (BF) and biomagnification (BMF) factors has been counted showing that the muscle tissues of turbot have maximum affinity for mercury, and thus best reflected the metal contamination of the Baltic Sea environment. The data suggest that the common Baltic turbot (S. maximus) is an important model species, suitable and cost-effective to biomonitor environmental mercury pollution for ecological research. |
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Keywords: | Mercury Flatfish Anthropogenic factors Marine environment |
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