ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Total Mercury in Aquaculture Fish
Arturo Hardisson1, Carmen Rubio1, Ángel Gutiérrez1, Abderrahim Jalili1,
Cintia Hernández-Sánchez1, Gonzalo Lozano2, Consuelo Revert1, José Hernández-Armas3
1Toxicology Area, University of La Laguna,
2Animal Biology Department, Marine Biology Unit. University of La Laguna,
3Physical Medicine and Environmental Radioactivity Laboratory, University of La Laguna,
38071, La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
2Animal Biology Department, Marine Biology Unit. University of La Laguna,
3Physical Medicine and Environmental Radioactivity Laboratory, University of La Laguna,
38071, La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2012;21(5):1203-1209
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ABSTRACT
Three fish species from aquaculture cages located along the coast of Tenerife island (Canary Islands,
Spain) were analyzed: gilthead bream (Sparus aurata), sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax), and rainbow trout
(Oncorhynchus mykiss). Cold vapor atomic absorption spectrometry was used to determine total mercury in
120 fish muscle samples. 0.037±0.04 mg/kg, 0.082±0.15 mg/kg, and 0.023±0.025 mg/kg wet weight of Hg
were found for sea bass, gilthead bream, and rainbow trout, respectively. Due to these low Hg levels, the consumption
of these species of aquaculture fish contributes very little to total Hg dietary intake.
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