Modeling the elimination of mercury by fish

Article Abstract:

A study developed a general model of eliminating mercury (Hg) from fish to determine whether inorganic Hg is excreted faster than methylmercury (MeHg) from fish. The study, utilizing published figures of MeHg and inorganic Hg elimination rates by fish in developing the model, found that both inorganic Hg and MeHg excretion were negatively correlated with body size and that MeHg was correlated with water temperature.

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Water Pollution Control R&D, Ichthyological research, Ichthyology, Methylmercury, Methylmercury compounds, Mercury, Mercury (Metal), Water pollution research, Excretion

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Enantiomer ratios of chlordane congeners are gender specific in cod (Gadus morhua) from the Barents Sea

Article Abstract:

Researchers from the University of Basel, Switzerland, and Norwegian Institute for Air Research showed that the enantiomer ratios of some chiral chlordane congeners are highly gender specific in 16 sample sets of Gadus morhua (cod) from the Barents Sea, Norway.

Norway, Natural resources, Barents Sea, University of Basel, Norwegian Institute for Air Research

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A Novel in Vivo Bioassay for (Xeno-)estrogens Using Transgenic Zebrafish

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This study examines the reproductive health of male fish through estrogen exposure in aquatic areas. The study concludes that the transgenic zebrafish assay is a useful tool for assessing the estrogenic potency of chemicals in vivo.

United States, Estrogen, Estrogens

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