| Literature DB >> 31143976 |
F Pancaldi1, F Páez-Osuna2, M F Soto-Jiménez2, R González-Armas1, T O'Hara3, A J Marmolejo-Rodríguez1, A Vázquez4, F Galván-Magaña5.
Abstract
Concentration of essential (Se, Zn and Cu) and non-essential (As, Cd, Hg and Pb) trace elements were measured in selected tissues of two dead whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) stranded in the Gulf of California (GC) in 2017 and 2018. Concentrations of Cd and Pb in the skeletal muscle of the whale shark from La Paz Bay, GC were higher compared to a previous study on whale shark from China. The shark from La Paz Bay also presented higher concentration of Pb in the epidermis, compared to the same tissue of the other whale shark stranded in Punta Bufeo, GC. The Hg in all analysed tissues was lower than those documented in carnivorous sharks. Molar ratio Se:Hg shows an excess of Se over Hg in all the tissues sampled in both sharks.Entities:
Keywords: Gulf of California; Se:Hg molar ratios; Tissue distribution; Trace elements; Whale shark
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Year: 2019 PMID： 31143976 DOI： 10.1007/s00128-019-02640-y
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bull Environ Contam Toxicol ISSN： 0007-4861 Impact factor: 2.151