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Bioaccumulation of cd and hg in Muscle of Juvenile Pacific Sharpnose Shark Rhizoprionodon longurio from the SE Gulf of California

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In this study, the concentrations of Cd and Hg were measured in muscle of juvenile individuals at an importan fishing ground in southeastern Gulf of California to assess the health risk to human consumers considering elemental levels and rate of shark consumption in NW Mexico. Twenty-eight individuals were sampled in September 2019. Quantification of Hg was made by cold vapor-atomic absorption spectrophotometry, analyses of Cd were made by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry. In general, average Hg (1.27 µg g−1 dry weight) concentrations were higher than Cd (0.059). In comparison to results of Cd and Hg in muscle of several species of genus Rhizoprionodon sp., our reported concentrations were comparable. Maximum permissible limits (Cd 0.5 and Hg 0.5 µg g−1 wet weight) in fish products for human consumption were not exceeded. Health risk assessment to shark consumers indicated that Hg is of more concern than Cd but no hazards exist.

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We thank C. Suárez-Gutiérrez for figure preparation, H. Bojórquez-Leyva for laboratory analysis, and G. Zugasti for laboratory equipment maintenance.

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  1. Universidad Politécnica de Sinaloa, Carretera a Higuera Km. 3, Sinaloa, 82199, Mazatlán, Mexico

    N. Zamora-Arellano

  2. Instituto Tecnológico de Mazatlán, Calle Corsario 1 No. 203, Sinaloa, 82070, Mazatlán, Mexico

    J. Ruelas-Inzunza, P. Spanopoulos-Zarco & A. K. Ibarra-Valdéz

  3. Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Joel Montes Camarena s/n, Sinaloa, 82040, Mazatlán, Mexico

    F. Amezcua

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Zamora-Arellano, N., Ruelas-Inzunza, J., Amezcua, F. et al. Bioaccumulation of cd and hg in Muscle of Juvenile Pacific Sharpnose Shark Rhizoprionodon longurio from the SE Gulf of California. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 109, 459–463 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-022-03550-2

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