Mercury content in commercial crustaceans of the Barents Sea-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Mercury content in commercial crustaceans of the Barents Sea

Published:2024-01-22 Issue: Volume:194 Page:189-201
ISSN:2307-3497
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Author:

Novikov M. A.¹,Gorbacheva E. A.¹,Kharlamova M. N.²

Affiliation:

1. Polar branch of «VNIRO» (N.M. Knipovich «PINRO»)

2. Murmansk Arctic University («MAU»)

Abstract

This study aims to identify the total mercury content in the muscle and hepatopancreas of the main commercial crustaceans from the Barents Sea.The material for this study was the samples of red king crab Paralithodes camtschaticus and northern shrimp Pandalus borealis caught during the research cruises conducted by “PINRO” from 2012 to 2022. This study examines the samples of muscle collected from crustaceans, as well as the samples of hepatopancreas collected from the red king crab.Novelty: This study involves abundant data that was used to make the first comparative analysis of the Hg concentration in red king crab and northern shrimp. A significant similarity in the levels of Hg content in the muscle of shrimp and crab at the mean level was shown. The paper provides maps of average Hg content in the studied species for the entire Barents Sea.Methods used: the total mercury content in the samples was estimated by flameless atomic absorption spectroscopy analysis using Shimadzu Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (Japan). Statistical data processing and charting were done using MS Excel and application software package of Statistica 13.Results: The paper shows that the average concentration of Hg in the muscle and hepatopancreas of the studied hydrobionts did not exceed 0.2 mg/kg of wet weight that is the acceptable concentration established by sanitary standards. The content of Hg in the red king crab’ hepatopancreas was about 2 times higher than in the muscle. The paper makes an assumption on the species-specifity of Hg content in the red king crab’ muscle. The Hg content in the muscle of P. borealis is strongly related to its fattiness. The paper suggests calculated background levels of the total Hg concentration in the muscle of P. camtschaticus and P. borealis from the Barents Sea.Practical relevance: The results obtained were used to establish the safety compliance of commercial crustaceans with the requirements adopted in Russia.

Publisher

Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography

Subject

General Medicine

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