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SUBMITTER: Ritger AL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5999044 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ritger Amelia L AL Curtis Amanda N AN Chen Celia Y CY
Marine pollution bulletin 20180407 Pt A
A wide range of ecological and environmental factors influence metal bioaccumulation in fish. Studies of mercury and other metal contaminants in invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish are limited, yet consumption of the invasive predator is increasingly utilized as a management strategy. In this study, we examined the effects of body size, body condition, sex, trophic level, carbon source, diet, depth and capture location on mercury concentrations in lionfish collected from Curaçao. In addition, we exam ...[more]