High mercury levels in Antarctic toothfish Dissostichus mawsoni from the Southwest Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean

• Published in: Environmental Research
• Main Authors: Queirós, José P., Hill, Simeon L., Pinkerton, Matt, Vacchi, Marino, Coelho, João P., Pereira, Eduarda, Ramos, Jaime A., Seco, José, Stevens, Darren W., Xavier, José C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2020
• Subjects: Fisheries; Contaminants; Antarctic resources; Trace elements; Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Dumont d'Urville; Dumont-d'Urville; Pacific; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctic Toothfish
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10773/37255; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.109680

Mercury is a bioaccumulating toxic pollutant which can reach humans through the consumption of contaminated food (e.g. marine fish). Although the Southern Ocean is often portrayed as a pristine ecosystem, its fishery products are not immune to mercury contamination. We analysed mercury concentration...