scholarly journals Metazoan gill parasites of the Atlantic bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus) (Osteichthyes: Scombridae) from the Mediterranean and their possible use as biological tags

2014 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacopo Culurgioni ◽  
Salvatore Mele ◽  
Paolo Merella ◽  
Piero Addis ◽  
Vincenza Figus ◽  
...  
2008 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 365-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrique Rodríguez-Marín ◽  
Santiago Barreiro ◽  
Francisco E. Montero ◽  
Enrique Carbonell

Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. 1273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Annibaldi ◽  
Cristina Truzzi ◽  
Oliana Carnevali ◽  
Paolo Pignalosa ◽  
Martina Api ◽  
...  

Mercury (Hg) is a well-known toxic element, diffused in the environment, especially in the Mediterranean Sea which is rich in cinnabar deposits. Mercury bioaccumulation in fish is of great concern, especially for top-level aquatic predators (e.g., shark, tuna, swordfish) and above all for species of large human consumption and high nutritional value. This work aimed to determine Hg concentrations in farmed and wild Atlantic Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) caught in the Mediterranean area in order to evaluate the level of Hg bioaccumulation. selenium (Se) content was also determined, since this element is an antagonist of mercury toxicity. Mercury and Se were analysed by atomic absorption spectrometry after microwave digestion of the samples. Hg content in farmed tuna was below the legal limit (1 mg/kg, wet weight, w.w.) for all specimens (0.6 ± 0.2 mg/kg), whereas the wild ones had a content over the limit (1.7 ± 0.6 mg/kg); Se concentration was higher in farmed specimens (1.1 ± 0.9 mg/kg) compared to wild ones (0.6 ± 0.3 mg/kg). A safe seafood could show a Se/Hg ratio >1 and a health benefit value (HBVSe) > 0: farmed tuna had higher values than the wild specimens (Se/Hg 5.48 vs. 1.32; HBVSe 11.16 vs. 0.29). These results demonstrate that for Hg, there is a better risk/benefit ratio in farmed T. thynnus. making it safer than wild tuna.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. e0116638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Cermeño ◽  
Gemma Quílez-Badia ◽  
Andrés Ospina-Alvarez ◽  
Susana Sainz-Trápaga ◽  
Andre M. Boustany ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 115 ◽  
pp. 391-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiziana Cappello ◽  
Alessia Giannetto ◽  
Vincenzo Parrino ◽  
Giuseppe De Marco ◽  
Angela Mauceri ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 266-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Constantinos C. Mylonas ◽  
Fernando De La Gándara ◽  
Aldo Corriero ◽  
Antonio Belmonte Ríos

2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Santamaria ◽  
G. Bello ◽  
A. Corriero ◽  
M. Deflorio ◽  
R. Vassallo-Agius ◽  
...  

2004 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 3345-3356 ◽  
Author(s):  
JENS CARLSSON ◽  
JAN R. McDOWELL ◽  
PÍNDARO DÍAZ-JAIMES ◽  
JEANETTE E. L. CARLSSON ◽  
SANDRA B. BOLES ◽  
...  

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