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Cephalopods play a major role in marine food webs as both predators and prey. Although most of the Hg in cephalopods is present in the muscle, most studies on its accumulation by predators are based on concentrations in beaks. Here, using upper and lower beaks and buccal masses of Moroteuthopsis longimana, we evaluated the relationship between Hg concentrations in different cephalopod tissues. Hg concentrations in muscle tissue (329.9 ± 166.4 ng.g^(-1) dw) were ≈100-fold higher than in different...
Mar Environ Res. 2024 Nov 16;204:106841. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106841. Online ahead of print.
ABSTRACT
Cephalopods play a major role in marine food webs as both predators and prey. Although most of the Hg in cephalopods is present in the muscle, most studies on its accumulation by predators are based on concentrations in beaks. Here, using upper and lower beaks and buccal masses of Moroteuthopsis longimana, we evaluated the relationship between Hg concentrations in different cephalopod tissues. Hg concentrations in muscle tissue (329.9 ± 166.4 ng.g-1 dw) were ≈100-fold higher than in different sections of the upper (3.5 ± 1.4 ng.g-1 dw) and lower (3.5 ± 1.0 ng.g-1 dw) beaks. A positive linear relationship was found between the Hg in the beak wing and in the muscle. Hg concentrations in the wing are therefore a useful proxy for the total Hg body burden, and their analysis provides a means of assessing the levels, transport and fate of Hg in marine ecosystems.
PMID:39577373 | DOI:10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106841
Sara Lopes-Santos, José C Xavier, José Seco, João P Coelho, Philip R Hollyman, Eduarda Pereira, Richard A Phillips, José P Queirós
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Mar Environ Res. 2024 Nov 16;204:106841. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106841. Online ahead of print.
ABSTRACT
Cephalopods play a major role in marine food webs as both predators and prey. Although most of the Hg in cephalopods is present in the muscle, most studies on its accumulation by predators are based on concentrations in beaks. Here, using upper and lower beaks and buccal masses of Moroteuthopsis longimana, we evaluated the relationship between Hg concentrations in different cephalopod tissues. Hg concentrations in muscle tissue (329.9 ± 166.4 ng.g-1 dw) were ≈100-fold higher than in different sections of the upper (3.5 ± 1.4 ng.g-1 dw) and lower (3.5 ± 1.0 ng.g-1 dw) beaks. A positive linear relationship was found between the Hg in the beak wing and in the muscle. Hg concentrations in the wing are therefore a useful proxy for the total Hg body burden, and their analysis provides a means of assessing the levels, transport and fate of Hg in marine ecosystems.
PMID:39577373 | DOI:10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106841
Sara Lopes-Santos, José C Xavier, José Seco, João P Coelho, Philip R Hollyman, Eduarda Pereira, Richard A Phillips, José P Queirós
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