Human activities have increased environmental concentrations of pollutants in marine
ecosystems, which can cause harmful effects on marine organisms. Top predators are …

Anthropogenic activities contribute to nearly half of current Hg emissions to the atmosphere.
In the marine habitat, oceanic predator fishes bioaccumulate Hg throughout their lives …

The human ingestion of mercury (Hg) from sea food is of big concern worldwide due to
adverse health effects, and more specifically if shark consumption constitutes a regular part …

Mercury (Hg) is a global threat for marine ecosystems, especially within the Mediterranean
Sea. The concern is higher for deep-sea organisms, as the Hg concentration in their tissues …

Mercury occurrence was evaluated in samples of edible muscle tissue of 27 blue sharks
(Prionace glauca) caught in the Atlantic Ocean, adjacent to the south and southeastern …

Pelagic sharks (blue shark Prionace glauca and shortfin mako Isurus oxyrinchus) caught by
long-line Spanish and Portuguese fleets in the NE Atlantic, were sampled at Vigo fish market …

Mercury contamination of coastal ecosystems is of great concern and its toxicity poses a
health hazard for humans in many areas (Lacerda and Solomons, 1998) …

A number of studies have found high levels of mercury (Hg) in deep-sea organisms
throughout the world's oceans, but the underlying causes are not clear as there is no …

Mercury (Hg) is a global pollutant of major concern in marine and coastal environments. In
the Mediterranean Sea, Hg concentrations in biota are higher than in other seas, even when …

In coastal ecosystems, top predators are exposed to a wide variety of nutrient and
contaminant sources due to the diversity of trophic webs within inshore marine habitats …