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Larsen, E.H.; Francesconi, K.A. (2003). Arsenic concentrations correlate with salinity for fish taken from the North Sea and Baltic waters. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 83(2): 283-284
In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Cambridge University Press/Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom: Cambridge. ISSN 0025-3154; e-ISSN 1469-7769, more
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Aquatic organisms > Marine organisms > Fish > Marine fish
Chemical compounds > Arsenic compounds
Properties > Chemical properties > Salinity
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]; Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
ANE, Baltic [Marine Regions]; ANE, North Sea [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal |
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- Larsen, E.H.
- Francesconi, K.A.
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| Abstract |
Total arsenic concentrations were determined in three teleost species (herring Clupea harengus; cod Gadus morhua, and flounder Platichthys flesus) taken from four locations in the Baltic and North Sea with salinities ranging from 8 to 32 psu. Individual arsenic concentrations ranged from 0·04 to 10·9 mg/kg wet mass, and there was a positive linear relationship between arsenic concentration and salinity for all three species (r² 0·44 to 0·72, all P<0·001). Although it is well known that marine fish contain much higher concentrations of arsenic than do freshwater fish, the data reported here are the first showing a relationship between the total arsenic concentration in fish and salinity. |
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