Dataset: Total mercury and methylmercury concentrations measured across 10 tissues of the longnose lancetfish (Alepisaurus ferox) collected from the central and eastern North Pacific between 2018 and 2023

ValidatedFinal no updates expectedDOI: 10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.948929.1Version 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 and methylmercury concentrations measured across 10 tissues (brain, caudal white muscle, dorsal white muscle, gallbladder, gill filament, gonad, heart, intestine, liver, and stomach lining) of a globally distributed deep-sea fish, the longnose lancetfish (Alepisaurus ferox). Lancetfish specimens were collected by fisheries observers of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Pacific Islands Region and West Coast Region Observer Programs from 2018 t...

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This dataset is referred to as "Dataset S1" in the supplementary material of Chen et al. The data were used in Figures 1 and 2, and Table 1.

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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
Bañón, R., Roura, Á., García-Fernández, C., Alonso-Fernández, A., & de Carlos, A. (2022). Coastal habitat evidences and biological data of Alepisaurus ferox (Aulopiform; Alepisauridae) from northwestern Iberian Peninsula. Marine Biodiversity, 52(2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-022-01261-9
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Gilmour, C. C., & Riedel, G. S. (1995). Measurement of Hg methylation in sediments using high specific-activity203Hg and ambient incubation. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 80(1–4), 747–756. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01189726
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Heimbürger, L.-E., Sonke, J. E., Cossa, D., Point, D., Lagane, C., Laffont, L., Galfond, B. T., Nicolaus, M., Rabe, B., & van der Loeff, M. R. (2015). Shallow methylmercury production in the marginal sea ice zone of the central Arctic Ocean. Scientific Reports, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/srep10318
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Hintelmann, H., & Ogrinc, N. (2002). Determination of Stable Mercury Isotopes by ICP/MS and Their Application in Environmental Studies. Biogeochemistry of Environmentally Important Trace Elements, 321–338. https://doi.org/10.1021/bk-2003-0835.ch021

Chen, R. S., Paulson, E. T., Schartup, A. T., Choy, C. A. (2025) Total mercury and methylmercury concentrations measured across 10 tissues of the longnose lancetfish (Alepisaurus ferox) collected from the central and eastern North Pacific between 2018 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.948929.1 [access date]

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