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: Lewis Publishers 2015
• Subjects: Mercury; LA‐ICP‐MS; Melano‐macrophage aggregates; Metals; X‐ray fluorescence imaging; Biological Chemistry; Natural Resources and Environment; Science; Prince of Wales Island; Alaska
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/112257; 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...