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., Bridges, Kristin, Korbas, Malgorzata, Roberts, Aaron P., Van Kirk, Kray, McNeel, Kevin, Drevnick, Paul E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: melano-macrophage aggregates; mercury; metals; LA-ICP-MS; X-ray fluorescence imaging; Prince of Wales Island; Alaska
• Online Access: https://espace.inrs.ca/id/eprint/3712/; https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.3009

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), a long-l...