Total mercury and metylmercury concentrations were measured in tuna fish and sharks from the South Adriatic Sea. The highest mean levels of total mercury were found in Squalus acanthias (6.5 mg/Kg w.w.). In the other species mean mercury levels were notably lower (0.46 mg/Kg w.w. for Auxis rochey; 0.38 mg/Kg w.w. for Prionace glauca). Twenty-two percent of the Auxis rochei samples exceed the legal Italian limit (0.50 mg/Kg w.w.) as specified by the European Commission Directive. No sample of Prionace glauca exceed the legal limit of 1 mg/Kg wet.[...]
Total mercury and methylmercury in tuna fish and sharks from the south Adriatic sea
GIACOMINELLI STUFFLER, Roberto;
2001-01-01
Abstract
Total mercury and metylmercury concentrations were measured in tuna fish and sharks from the South Adriatic Sea. The highest mean levels of total mercury were found in Squalus acanthias (6.5 mg/Kg w.w.). In the other species mean mercury levels were notably lower (0.46 mg/Kg w.w. for Auxis rochey; 0.38 mg/Kg w.w. for Prionace glauca). Twenty-two percent of the Auxis rochei samples exceed the legal Italian limit (0.50 mg/Kg w.w.) as specified by the European Commission Directive. No sample of Prionace glauca exceed the legal limit of 1 mg/Kg wet.[...]File in questo prodotto:
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