Elevated accumulation of the toxic metal mercury in the Critically Endangered oceanic whitetip shark Carcharhinus longimanus from the northwestern Atlantic Ocean

• Published in: Endangered Species Research
• Main Authors: Gelsleichter, James, Sparkman, Graceann, Howey, Lucy A., Brooks, Edward J., Shipley, Oliver N.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: UNF Digital Commons 2020
• Subjects: Carcharhinus longimanus; Ecotoxicology; Mercury; Oceanic whitetip shark; Cat Island; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/unf_faculty_publications/698; https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01068

The oceanic whitetip shark Carcharhinus longimanus is a widely distributed large pelagic shark species once considered abundant in tropical and warm temperate waters, but recently listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN due to drastic population declines associated with overfishing. In addition...