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: 2020
• Subjects: Antarctic resources; Contaminants; Fisheries; Trace elements; Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Dumont d'Urville; Dumont-d'Urville; Pacific; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctic Toothfish
• Online Access: https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/high-mercury-levels-in-antarctic-toothfish-dissostichus-mawsoni-from-the-southwest-pacific-sector-of-the-southern-ocean(d60b1455-3aea-4c36-807f-5782e58f7b27).html; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.109680; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935120305739?via%3Dihub#appsec1

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...