The role of melano‐macrophage aggregates in the storage of mercury and other metals: An example from yelloweye rockfish ( Sebastes ruberrimus )

• Published in: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
• Main Authors: Barst, Benjamin D., Nielsen, Kristin M., Korbas, Malgorzata, Roberts, Aaron P., Van Kirk, Kray, McNeel, Kevin, Drevnick, Paul E.
• Other Authors: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2015
• Subjects: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis; Environmental Chemistry; Prince of Wales Island; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.3009; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fetc.3009; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/etc.3009; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/etc.3009; https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/etc.3009

Abstract Melano‐macrophage aggregates, collections of specialized cells of the innate immune system of fish, are considered a general biomarker for contaminant toxicity. To elucidate further the relationship between macrophage aggregates and metals exposure, yelloweye rockfish ( Sebastes ruberrimus...