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Mercury and Cadmium Concentrations in Muscle Tissue of the Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) in the Central Eastern Pacific Ocean

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Blue sharks (Prionace glauca) are an important resource in Ecuador’s fisheries; however, biological and ecological information of this species in the area is scarce. The goal of this study was to determine Hg and Cd concentration levels in muscle tissue, as well as its relationship with size, sex, and sexual maturity stages. A total of 80 specimens (34 females and 46 males) collected from the Ecuadorian longline fishing fleet between June and December 2012 were examined. Sizes for females ranged from 97 to 280 cm total length, with values of Hg between 0.20 to 2.38 mg kg−1 wet weight (x̄ = 0.71, ± 0.61) and values of Cd between 0.01 and 0.12 mg kg−1 (x̄ = 0.04, ± 0.02). Sizes for males ranged from 137 to 290 cm TL with values of Hg between 0.17 and 2.94 mg kg−1 (x̄ = 0.81, ± 0.68) and Cd concentrations between 0.01 and 0.12 mg kg−1 (x̄ = 0.04, ± 0.03). A Spearman’s rank correlation showed a medium positive association between TL and Hg concentrations (ρ = 0.66; p < 0.05), but there was no correlation between TL and Cd concentrations (ρ = 0.00, p < 0.05). Of the analyzed sharks, 46% and 20% had Hg and Cd concentrations, respectively, greater than the limit established by authorities for fishes consumed by humans.

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Acknowledgements

The authors wish to thank Andrea Cucalón-Hidalgo for her help and cooperation in the sample collection. FGM received support from the Estímulos al Desempeño de los Investigadores (EDI), and the Comisión de Operación y Fomento de Actividades Académicas del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (COFAA-IPN). This study is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Lucia Solórzano Constantine.

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This project was funded by the Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo (UEES) in Ecuador.

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  1. Facultad de Artes Y Ciencias Liberales, Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo (UEES), Escuela de Ciencias Ambientales, Km 2.5 vía La Puntilla, C.P. 092301, Guayaquil, Ecuador

    Rubén D. Castro-Rendón

  2. Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Con Mención en Recursos Acuáticos, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Paseo Clausen S/N, C.P. 82000, Mazatlán, Mexico

    Marcos D. Calle-Morán & Isabel García-Arévalo

  3. Laboratoire de Biogéochimie Des Contaminants Métalliques, Ifremer, Centre Atlantique, 44311 Cedex 3, Nantes, France

    Isabel García-Arévalo

  4. Centro de Investigación Y Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana No. 3918, Zona Playitas, 22860, Ensenada, C.P, Mexico

    Alfredo Ordiano-Flores

  5. Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, Av. IPN s/n. C.P. 23096, La Paz, Mexico

    Felipe Galván-Magaña

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Marcos Calle-Morán: conceptualization, methodology, software, validation, formal analysis, investigation, resources, data curation, writing the original draft, writing and review and editing, visualization, and supervision; Rubén Castro-Rendón: conceptualization, methodology, software, validation, formal analysis, investigation, resources, data curation, writing the original draft, writing and review and editing, visualization, supervision, and funding acquisition; Isabel García-Arévalo: conceptualization, methodology, software, validation, formal analysis, investigation, resources, data curation, writing the original draft, writing and review and editing, visualization, supervision, project administration, and funding acquisition; Alfredo Ordiano-Flores: conceptualization, methodology, software, validation, formal analysis, investigation, resources, data curation, writing the original draft, writing and review and editing, visualization, and supervision; Felipe Galván-Magaña: conceptualization, methodology, software, validation, formal analysis, investigation, resources, writing the original draft, writing and review and editing, visualization, and supervision.

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Correspondence to Felipe Galván-Magaña.

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Castro-Rendón, R.D., Calle-Morán, M.D., García-Arévalo, I. et al. Mercury and Cadmium Concentrations in Muscle Tissue of the Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) in the Central Eastern Pacific Ocean. Biol Trace Elem Res 200, 3400–3411 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-021-02932-7

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