title: Mother-embryo isotope (δ¹⁵N, δ¹³C) fractionation and mercury (Hg) transfer in aplacental deep-sea sharks.
abstract: Stable carbon (δ¹³C) and nitrogen (δ¹⁵N) isotopic values and total mercury (Hg) concentrations were analysed in muscle and liver of mothers and embryos of two aplacental shark species, Squalus megalops and Centrophorus moluccensis. Embryos of the two species had similar or lower isotopic values than their respective mothers, the only exception being for δ¹³C, which was higher in the liver of C. moluccensis embryos than in their mothers. Hg concentrations were systematically lower in embryos compared with their mothers suggesting a low transfer of this element in muscle and liver.
authors.affiliation: Littoral Environnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), UMR 7266 CNRS-ULR, Institut du Littoral et de l'Environnement, Université de La Rochelle, La Rochelle, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Le Bourg
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kiszka
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bustamante
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002247:Carbon Isotopes / Q000032:analysis; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000737:chemistry*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005260:Female; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry*; D008628:Mercury / Q000032:analysis*; D009132:Muscles / Q000737:chemistry*; D009587:Nitrogen Isotopes / Q000032:analysis; D012754:Sharks; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D009587:Nitrogen Isotopes; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D008628:Mercury
keywords: elasmobranchs; isotopic differences; maternal influence; trace metal