Assessment of total mercury content in fish muscle tissue from the middle basin of the Pastaza River, Ecuador.

One of the most toxic metals is mercury, which exhibits high toxicity during short exposure periods. This study aimed to determine the concentration of total mercury (THg) in fish muscle tissue from various species captured from two locations in the middle basin of the Pastaza River in Ecuador, whic...

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Main Authors: Fernanda Paz-Suconota, Lenys Fernández, Natalia Carpintero-Salvador, Melany Ruiz-Urigüen, Stefan Alexander Brück, Fidel Ernesto Rodríguez Galarza, Ricardo Burgos-Morán, Patricio J Espinoza-Montero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310688
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