Journal article
Tissue content of thiol-containing amino acids predicts methylmercury in aquatic invertebrates
Abstract
Aquatic invertebrates vary in methylmercury (MeHg) levels among systems which has been attributed, in part, to environmental conditions, but may also be linked to differences in their biochemical composition. As MeHg is known to bind to thiol-containing amino acids such as cysteine in proteins of fish, our objective was to determine if these amino acids explain MeHg variability among aquatic invertebrate taxa. Benthic macroinvertebrates from …
Authors
Thera JC; Kidd KA; Bertolo RF; O'Driscoll NJ
Journal
The Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 688, , pp. 567–573
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
October 2019
DOI
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.225
ISSN
0048-9697