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SUBMITTER: Hammerschlag N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4999854 | biostudies-other | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Hammerschlag Neil N Davis David A DA Mondo Kiyo K Seely Matthew S MS Murch Susan J SJ Glover William Broc WB Divoll Timothy T Evers David C DC Mash Deborah C DC
Toxins 20160816 8
Sharks have greater risk for bioaccumulation of marine toxins and mercury (Hg), because they are long-lived predators. Shark fins and cartilage also contain β-N-methylamino-l-alanine (BMAA), a ubiquitous cyanobacterial toxin linked to neurodegenerative diseases. Today, a significant number of shark species have found their way onto the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Many species of large sharks are threatened with extinction due in part to t ...[more]