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

O'Bryhim, Jason R.; Adams, Douglas H.; Spaet, Julia L.Y.; Mills, Gary; Lance, Stacey L.

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2017.01.029

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

Journal Article · Tue Jan 31 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Environmental Pollution

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.01.029· OSTI ID:1819064

O'Bryhim, Jason R. ^[1]; Adams, Douglas H. ^[2]; Spaet, Julia L.Y. ^[3]; Mills, Gary ^[4]; Lance, Stacey L. ^[4]

Univ. of Georgia, Aiken, SC (United States); George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA (United States); SREL
Fish & Wildlife Research Inst., Melbourne, FL (United States)
King Abdullah Univ. of Science and Technology, Thuwal (Saudi Arabia); Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
Univ. of Georgia, Aiken, SC (United States)

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. Here, 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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Research Organization:: Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States). Savannah River Ecology Lab. (SREL)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: FC09-07SR22506

OSTI ID:: 1819064

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1533763
OSTI ID: 22707052
OSTI ID: 1397840

Journal Information:: Environmental Pollution, Journal Name: Environmental Pollution Vol. 223; ISSN 0269-7491

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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