Global versus local causes and health implications of high mercury concentrations in sharks from the east coast of South Africa

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 541, Issue , 2016, Pages 176-183

  McKinney, Melissa A ^a   Dean, Kylie ^a   Hussey, Nigel E ^a   Cliff, Geremy ^b,c   Wintner, Sabine P ^b,c   Dudley, Sheldon F J ^b,d   Zungu, M Philip ^d   Fisk, Aaron T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b Natal Sharks Board   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbon; Elasmobranch; Isotopes; Length; Nitrogen; South Africa; Trophic position

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; ISOTOPES; MEATS; MERCURY (METAL); NITROGEN; TISSUE;

CARBON STABLE ISOTOPES; ELASMOBRANCH; LENGTH; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; NITROGEN STABLE ISOTOPE; REGULATORY GUIDELINES; SOUTH AFRICA; TROPHIC POSITION;

HEALTH;

CARBON; MERCURY; NITROGEN; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON; COASTAL ZONE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ISOTOPE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; NITROGEN; SHARK; TOXIN; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCHARIAS TAURUS; CARCHARODON CARCHARIAS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; FORAGING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ISURUS OXYRINCHUS; MALE; MUSTELUS MOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINCODON TYPUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHARK; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES HABITAT; SPHYRNA LEWINI; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; METABOLISM; SEA FOOD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT;

ATLANTIC COAST [SOUTH AFRICA]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); SOUTH AFRICA;

CARCHARIAS TAURUS; CARCHARODON CARCHARIAS; CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; ISURUS; ISURUS OXYRINCHUS; MUSTELUS MOSIS; RHINCODON TYPUS; SPHYRNA LEWINI;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; MERCURY; SEAFOOD; SHARKS; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84942280133     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.09.074     Document Type: Article

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