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metal levels in flathead sole (hippoglossoides elassodon) and great sculpin (myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus) from adak island, alaska: potential risk to predators and fishermen.increasingly there is a need to assess the contaminant levels in fish as indicators of the health and well-being of both the fish and their consumers, including humans. this paper examines the levels of arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, manganese, mercury, and selenium in the kidney, liver, and muscle of great sculpin and flathead sole from adak island in the aleutian islands, alaska. both species are consumed by the local aleuts and others. there were significant differences in the levels of he ...200716581061
mercury levels and potential risk from subsistence foods from the aleutians.considerable attention has been devoted to contaminants (mainly pcbs and mercury) in subsistence foods (particularly fish) from various parts of the world. however, relatively little attention has been devoted to examining mercury levels in a full range of subsistence foods from a particular region. while managers and scientists compute risk based on site-specific data on contaminant levels and consumption rates, a first step in making risk decisions by subsistence peoples is knowledge about the ...200717590413
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