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Trace metals in target tissues and stomach contents of the top predator sailfish Istiophorus platypterus from the Eastern Pacific: concentrations and contrasting behavior of biomagnification

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Cadmium, lead, copper, and zinc were analyzed in the dorsal muscle, liver, gonad, and stomach contents of 67 sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus, from the Eastern Pacific. Muscle exhibited the following pattern (μg/g wet weight): Zn (15.05 ± 1.24) > Cu (0.461 ± 0.026) > Cd (0.434 ± 0.099) > Pb (0.025 ± 0.001); liver Zn (119.1 ± 7.6) > Cd (95.1 ± 11.0) > Cu (39.7 ± 2.6) > Pb (0.047 ± 0.004); and gonad Zn (96.8 ± 7.8) > Cd (2.16 ± 0.38) > Cu (2.08 ± 0.14) > Pb (0.033 ± 0.003). Significant (p < 0.05) correlations were observed between elements, length, and weight. I. platypterus feed mainly on fishes and cephalopods with variable concentrations (μg/g wet weight) of Cd (0.081–11.41), Pb (0.002–0.057), Cu (0.204–4.35), and Zn (3.23–86.6). Of the four analyzed elements, only Pb was biomagnified (BMF = 1.85). According to the regulatory limits, muscle exhibited Cd concentrations higher than the Official Mexican Standard, WHO, FDA (28 % of samples), and the European Union (40 %) regulations.

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This work received financial support from PAPIIT (Programa de Apoyo a Proyectos de Investigación e Innovación) IN208813 by the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, DGIP-UAS (Dirección General de Investigación y Posgrado-Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa) and from Proyecto CONACYT 204818. The authors thank R. Hernández-Guzmán and G. Ramírez-Reséndiz for assistance with the figures and map. Special thanks to H. Bojórquez-Leyva for assistance with the analytical work and R. Lara-Mendoza, K. Bergés-García, and J. Mora-Carrillo for sampling and field work.

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  1. Posgrado en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, P.O. Box 811, C.P, 82000, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico

    Dalia Moreno-Sierra, Magdalena E. Bergés-Tiznado & Federico Páez-Osuna

  2. Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Paseo Claussen S/N Col. Los Pinos, C.P, 82000, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico

    Fernando Márquez-Farías

  3. Instituto de Ecología, Pesquerías y Oceanografía del Golfo de Mexico, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche (EPOMEX, UAC), Campus 6. Av. Héroe de Nacozari #480, C.P, 24029, Campeche, Campeche, Mexico

    Yassir E. Torres-Rojas

  4. Instituto Tecnológico de Mazatlán, Corsario No. 203, Col. Urías, Mazatlán, C.P, 82070, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico

    Jorge R. Ruelas-Inzunza

  5. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Unidad Académica Mazatlán, P.O. Box 811, C.P, 82000, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico

    Yassir E. Torres-Rojas & Federico Páez-Osuna

  6. Miembro de El Colegio de Sinaloa, Antonio Rosales 435 Pte, Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico

    Federico Páez-Osuna

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  1. Dalia Moreno-Sierra
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Moreno-Sierra, D., Bergés-Tiznado, M.E., Márquez-Farías, F. et al. Trace metals in target tissues and stomach contents of the top predator sailfish Istiophorus platypterus from the Eastern Pacific: concentrations and contrasting behavior of biomagnification. Environ Sci Pollut Res 23, 23791–23803 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-7551-y

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