In Walden, Thoreau1 noted that “the largest pond is as sensitive to atmospheric changes as
the globule of mercury in its tube”. Here, we consider the modern understanding of the …

Background: Mercury (Hg) is a toxic metal that presents public health risks through fish
consumption. A major source of uncertainty in evaluating harmful exposure is inadequate …

Abstract Concentrations of As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, and Zn in the muscle of eleven fish
species (bighead carp, bream, catfish, carp, crucian, Culter alburnus, grass carp, mandarin …

The bioaccumulation of metals in an animal depends on a multitude of factors: biotic ones,
like its body dimensions and mass, age, sex, diet, metabolism, and position in the trophic …

Bioaccumulation and trophic transfer of heavy metals both in the natural marine ecosystem
(seawater, sediment, coral reef, phytoplankton, macrophyte, shrimp, crab, shellfish …

Concentrations of trace metals were determined in water, sediment, fish feed and two
species of farmed fish, pompano and snapper, collected from Daya Bay and Hailing Bay of …

Sediments and fish, including tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus), bighead carp
(Aristichthys nobilis), grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus), and mandarin fish (Siniperca …

Two cultured marine fish, the Japanese seabass (Lateolabrax japonicus) and red seabream
(Pagrus major) were collected from eight fish cage sites along the coast of Fujian province in …

Heavy metals discharges into the aquatic ecosystems, through domestic sewage and
industrial effluents have severe environmental and ecological impacts (Gagnaire et al …

Mercury (Hg) is a global pollutant of concern because its organic and more toxic form,
methylHg (MeHg), bioaccumulates and biomagnifies through aquatic food webs to levels …