Dataset: Total mercury (THg) concentration, fork length, and mass data for bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus), yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), and longnose lancetfish (Alepisaurus ferox) collected from the central and eastern North Pacific between 1971 and 2023

ValidatedFinal no updates expectedDOI: 10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.948928.1Version 1 (2025-01-22)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

Co-Principal Investigator, Contact: C. Anela Choy (University of California-San Diego Scripps)

Co-Principal Investigator: Amina T. Schartup (University of California-San Diego Scripps)

Student: Rachel S. Chen (University of California-San Diego Scripps)

Student: Erik T. Paulson (University of California-San Diego Scripps)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Karen Soenen (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Project: Scripps Center for Oceans and Human Health: advancing the science of marine contaminants and seafood security (SCOHH)

Abstract

This dataset contains total mercury (THg) concentration, fork length, and mass data for bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus), yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), and longnose lancetfish (Alepisaurus ferox) collected from the central and eastern North Pacific between 1971 and 2023. The THg data for tunas were compiled from published literature. We compared the THg bioaccumulation curve for lancetfish from this study to the bioaccumulation curves for two well-studied tuna species to examine how life histo...

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This dataset is referred to as "Dataset S2" in the supplementary material of Chen et al. The data were used in Figure 3.

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Results
Chen, R. S., Schartup, A. T., Paulson, E. T., & Choy, C. A. (2024). Diet shifts drive mercury bioaccumulation and distribution in tissues of the longnose lancetfish (Alepisaurus ferox). Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego.
Methods
Brooks, B. (2004). Mercury levels in tuna and other major commercial fish species in Hawaii, in: National Forum on Contaminants in Fish. San Diego, CA, USA, pp. 24–24.
Methods
Choy, C. A., Popp, B. N., Kaneko, J. J., & Drazen, J. C. (2009). The influence of depth on mercury levels in pelagic fishes and their prey. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(33), 13865–13869. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0900711106
Methods
Choy, C.A. (2013). Pelagic food web connectivity in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre: A combined perspective from multiple biochemical tracers and diet. PhD Dissertation. University of Hawai’i at Manoa.
Methods
Drevnick, P. E., & Brooks, B. A. (2017). Mercury in tunas and blue marlin in the North Pacific Ocean. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 36(5), 1365–1374. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.3757

Chen, R. S., Paulson, E. T., Schartup, A. T., Choy, C. A. (2025) Total mercury (THg) concentration, fork length, and mass data for bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus), yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), and longnose lancetfish (Alepisaurus ferox) collected from the central and eastern North Pacific between 1971 and 2023. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2025-01-22 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.948928.1 [access date]

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