Major, minor and trace element concentrations in the muscle and liver of a pregnant female Pacific sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon longurio) and its embryos.

Isis Baró-Camarasa, Felipe Galván-Magaña, Antonio Cobelo-García, Ana Judith Marmolejo-Rodríguez

Marine pollution bulletin 2023 Mar

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The Pacific sharpnose shark Rhizoprionodon longurio is an abundant shark consumed by human population in Mexico. This study aimed to determine and compare the concentrations of thirteen essential elements (K, S, P, Na, Ca, Mg, Fe, Zn, Se, Cu, Mn, Cr and Co) and eleven non-essential elements (As, Sr, Cd, V, Li, U, Tl, Ag, Sn, Sb and Pb) in the muscle and liver of a pregnant female, fished near the copper mine of Santa Rosalía, and their respective embryos. Major, minor and trace (essential and non-essential) elements were transferred during gestation to embryos. All major elements analyzed had significantly higher concentrations in embryos liver than the pregnant female, except for magnesium. Higher concentrations in embryo tissues than the pregnant female tissues were found for the non-essential trace elements of strontium, lithium, thallium and silver, which indicate an easy maternal transfer of these non-essential elements. Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Isis Baró-Camarasa, Felipe Galván-Magaña, Antonio Cobelo-García, Ana Judith Marmolejo-Rodríguez. Major, minor and trace element concentrations in the muscle and liver of a pregnant female Pacific sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon longurio) and its embryos. Marine pollution bulletin. 2023 Mar;188:114619