Metal contamination in threatened elasmobranchs from an impacted urban coast

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 757; p. 143803
• Main Authors: Martins, Mariana F., Costa, Patrícia G., Gadig, Otto B.F., Bianchini, Adalto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 25.02.2021
• Subjects: Angelsharks; Animals; Bioaccumulation; Brazil; Cadmium - analysis; Chromium - analysis; Environmental Monitoring; Guitarfishes; Human consumption; Humans; Metals, Heavy - analysis; Southwest Atlantic; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Brazil; Guitarfishes; Human consumption; Angelsharks; Bioaccumulation; Southwest Atlantic

Guitarfishes and angelsharks are two of the most endangered elasmobranch groups. Despite this, limited knowledge exists regarding the effects of environmental contamination in these groups. For this reason, this study assessed the concentrations of metals in liver and muscle of three guitarfishes (P...