Bioacumulação de mercúrio total (HgT) em tecidos de atuns e afins coletados no Sudeste do Brasil

• Autor(a) principal: Reis, Bárbara Manhães Moura
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/13897
• topic: Fishes; Human consumption; Biomagnification; Peixes; Biomagnificação; Consumo humano; CNPQ::CIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA::OCEANOGRAFIA::OCEANOGRAFIA BIOLOGICA

Mercury has been recognized as a global pollutant potentially dangerous in the marine environment due its high toxicity and tendency to bioaccumulate in the organisms and undergoes biomagnification through food webs, being found in high concentrations in top predators, such astuna. The objective of the present study is use tuna and tuna-related fishes (Thunnus atlanticus, Thunnus albacares, Katsuwonus pelamis, Euthynnus alletteratus, Coryphaena hippurus and Sarda sarda) as indicators of the availability of total mercury (THg) in oceanic food webs of Rio de Janeiro.The individuals were collected between February of 2009 and January of 2010, in the fishing landing of the city of Cabo Frio, in Rio de Janeiro state, Southeastern Brazil. The total mercury (THg) determination was based on Malm et al. 1989 and Bastos et al. 1998. The aliquots of muscle and liver were digested with an acid mixture and THg concentrations were determined by Cold Vapor/AAS (FIMS-400, Perkin-Elmer). The accuracy and precision were determined by using DORM-3 and DOLT-4 (NRC, Canada).The results were analyzed statically throughout the program SATISTICS 7.0 for Windows. Total mercury concentrations (THg) found in tuna and tuna-related species varied significantly among themfor muscleand the liver. The lowest concentrations were found in Coryphaena hippurus, (0.008 mg. Kg-1 in the muscle and 0,003 mg. Kg-1 in the liver) while the highest concentrations were reported in the muscle of Thunnus atlanticus (1.300 mg. Kg-1) and in the liver of Sarda sarda (2.495 mg. Kg-1). In addition, it was found significantlydifferencesbetween total mercury hepatic and muscular concentrationsfor Katsuwonus pelamis, Euthynnus alletteratus and Sarda sarda with the highest total mercury concentrations registered in the liver.Furthermore, the size and weight were important factors, being positive significantly correlated with total mercury concentrations for all species, with exception of Katsuwonus pelamis and Euthynnus alleteratus in the liver. Nine individuals showed high muscular concentrations, above 0.5 mg.Kg-1, maximum established by the World Health Organization (WHO) in fishes for human consumption. These results are of concern, since may represent potential health risk. Considering mercury as a toxic micro pollutant, the high concentrations found in these fishes, may cause effects in themselves and their consumers.Thus, it s important a continuous monitoring of fishes to help its conservation and allow to identify which species can be consumed and how often.