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Changes in metal contents in shrimp cultured in NW Mexico (2000–2010)

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This study shows the concentrations of Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn in the muscle and hepatopancreas of Pacific white shrimps, Litopenaeus vannamei, cultured during 2010 in 26 commercial farms of the three main producer states of the Mexican NW, Sonora, Sinaloa, and Nayarit and compares the results to those obtained in 2000 using samples collected in16 farms of the same states. No significant changes were detected in Cd concentrations, but the 2010 Zn levels were significantly higher in all states in the hepatopancreas and in Sinaloa in the case of the muscle. Cu showed a tendency to higher hepatopancreas values in 2010, but differences were significant only in Sonora and for the global mean value. In contrast, Pb was one order of magnitude lower in both organs in 2010, possibly because of the almost 15 years since leaded gasoline was discontinued in Mexico.

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Acknowledgments

This paper is supported by PROFAPI 2011/060, PROMEP 103.5/13/9354, CONACYT INFRA 2012-01-188029 and CONACYT 32501-T grants. P. Rosas helped with data handling and statistical work.

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  1. Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Paseo Claussen s/n, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, 82000, Mexico

    M. G. Frías-Espericueta, J. I. Osuna-López, G. López-López, G. Izaguirre-Fierro, F. Jaimes-Bustamante, H. M. Zazueta-Padilla & M. Aguilar-Juárez

  2. Programa de Posgrado en Recursos Acuáticos, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, 82000, Mexico

    C. G. Delgado-Alvarez

  3. CIAD, Unidad Culiacán, Culiacán, Sinaloa, 80000, Mexico

    M. D. Muy-Rangel & W. Rubio-Carrasco

  4. Laboratorio de Estudios Ambientales UAS-CIBNOR, P.O. Box 1132, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, 82000, Mexico

    D. Voltolina

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Frías-Espericueta, M.G., Osuna-López, J.I., Delgado-Alvarez, C.G. et al. Changes in metal contents in shrimp cultured in NW Mexico (2000–2010). Environ Monit Assess 187, 269 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-015-4494-6

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