| mercury in 16 demersal sharks from southeast australia: biotic and abiotic sources of variation and consumer health implications. | total mercury (thg) and monomethylmercury (mmhg) concentrations were determined in the tissues of demersal shark (order squaliformes and the families: scyliorhinidae, hexanchidae) and chimaera species (families: chimaeridae and rhinochimaeridae) from continental shelf and slope waters off southeast australia, including embryos, juveniles and adults. the distribution of thg in various tissues (muscle, liver, kidney and skin), examined in ten species, shows higher levels in the muscle tissue (1.49 ... | 2010 | 19726079 |