Mercury is an important pollutant, released into aquatic ecosystems both naturally and by
anthropogenic action. This element is transferred to aquatic organisms in different ways …

Since the Minamata incident in Japan, the public have become increasingly aware of the
negative health effects caused by mercury pollution in the ocean. Consequently, there has …

An important provision of the Minamata Convention on Mercury is to monitor and evaluate
the effectiveness of the adopted measures and its implementation. Here, we describe for the …

We provided the first multi-species study investigating the presence and organotropism of
trace elements in three tissues of 12 elasmobranch species. Shark species showed …

Bioaccumulation of toxic metal elements including mercury (Hg) can be highly variable in
marine fish species. Metal concentration is influenced by various species-specific …

Current guidelines tend to limit fish consumption based on mercury (Hg) or
monomethylmercury (MeHg) content in fish flesh, without considering the presence of …

The ecology and life-histories of white sharks make this species susceptible to mercury
bioaccumulation; however, the health consequences of mercury exposure are understudied …

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 …

Sharks are fished for human consumption in Colombia, and fins are exported illegally to
international markets. The goal was to identify differences in total mercury (THg) …

The oceanic whitetip shark Carcharhinus longimanus is a widely distributed large pelagic
shark species once considered abundant in tropical and warm temperate waters, but …