Mercury concentrations in fish, North Atlantic offshore waters--1971.
Mercury concentrations were determined in muscle and liver of 41 species of fish and a limited number of plankton, sediment, and invertebrate samples collected from North Atlantic offshore waters in 1971. The average mercury concentration in fish muscle was 0.154 ppm with a standard deviation of 0.124. Invertebrate samples had mercury concentrations which were generally less than 0.1 ppm. In a single lobster sample, however, 0.31 ppm mercury was found in the tail muscle and there was 0.60 ppm in the liver. Mercury levels in all 9 plankton and 10 sediment samples taken were less than 0.05 ppm.
D000818:Animals; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005399:Fishes / Q000378:metabolism*; D007448:Invertebrates / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000032:analysis; D008628:Mercury / Q000032:analysis*; D009132:Muscles / Q000032:analysis; D010933:Plankton / Q000032:analysis; D012623:Seawater; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis
D012987:Soil; D008628:Mercury