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Baker R, Taylor MD, Able KW, Beck MW, Cebrian J, Colombano DD, Connolly RM, Currin C, Deegan LA, Feller IC, Gilby BL, Kimball ME, Minello TJ, Rozas LP, Simenstad C, Turner RE, Waltham NJ, Weinstein MP, Ziegler SL, Zu Ermgassen PSE, Alcott C, Alford SB, Barbeau MA, Crosby SC, Dodds K, Frank A, Goeke J, Goodridge Gaines LA, Hardcastle FE, Henderson CJ, James WR, Kenworthy MD, Lesser J, Mallick D, Martin CW, McDonald AE, McLuckie C, Morrison BH, Nelson JA, Norris GS, Ollerhead J, Pahl JW, Ramsden S, Rehage JS, Reinhardt JF, Rezek RJ, Risse LM, Smith JAM, Sparks EL, Staver LW. Fisheries rely on threatened salt marshes. Science 2020; 370:670-671. [PMID: 33154131 DOI: 10.1126/science.abe9332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Ronald Baker
- Department of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, AL 36528 USA.
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- Port Stephens Fisheries Institute, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Nelson Bay, NSW 2315, Australia
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- Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
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- Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95062, USA
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- Northern Gulf Institute, Mississippi State University, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Australian Rivers Institute-Coast & Estuaries, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia
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- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA
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- Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, MA 02540, USA
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- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD 21037, USA
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- School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, QLD 4558, Australia
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- Baruch Marine Field Laboratory, University of South Carolina, Georgetown, SC 29442, USA
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- NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Galveston, TX 77551, USA
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- NOAA Fisheries, Estuarine Habitats and Coastal Fisheries Center, Lafayette, LA 70506, USA
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- School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-5020, USA
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- Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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- Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research, and Marine Data Technologies Hub, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia
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- New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium, Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook, NJ 07043, USA
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- Changing Oceans Group, School of Geosciences, Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3FE, UK
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- University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Nature Coast Biological Station, University of Florida, Cedar Key, FL 32625 USA
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- Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, AL 36528 USA
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- Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX 77554, USA
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- School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, QLD 4558, Australia
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- School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, QLD 4558, Australia
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- School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, QLD 4558, Australia
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- Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504, USA
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- Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Savannah State University, Savannah, GA 31404, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504, USA
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, AL 36528 USA
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- University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Nature Coast Biological Station, University of Florida, Cedar Key, FL 32625 USA
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- Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX 77554, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science and Management, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, NSW 2258, Australia
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, AL 36528 USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada
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- Geography and Environment Department, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB E4L 1E4, Canada
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- Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Baton Rouge, LA 70802, USA
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, AL 36528 USA
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- Institute of Environment, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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- Department of Earth and Environment, Institute of Environment, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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- University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Coastal Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University, Biloxi, MS 39532, USA.,Mississippi Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, Ocean Springs, MS 39564, USA
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- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, MD 21617, USA
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Gilby BL, Olds AD, Hardcastle FE, Henderson CJ, Connolly RM, Martin TSH, Maxwell PS, Goodridge Gaines LA, Jones TR, Underwood A, Schlacher TA. Diverse land uses and high coastal urbanisation do not always result in harmful environmental pollutants in fisheries species. Mar Pollut Bull 2020; 159:111487. [PMID: 32892921 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2020] [Revised: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Human activities in coastal catchments can cause the accumulation of pollutants in seafood. We quantified the concentration of heavy metals, pesticides and PFASs in the flesh of the fisheries species yellowfin bream Acanthopagrus australis (n = 57) and mud crab Scylla serrata (n = 65) from 13 estuaries in southeast Queensland, Australia; a region with a variety of human land uses. Pollutants in yellowfin bream were best explained by the extent of intensive uses in the catchment. Pollutants in mud crabs were best explained by the extent of irrigated agriculture and water bodies. No samples contained detectable levels of pesticides, and only six samples contained low levels of PFASs. Metals were common in fish and crab flesh, but only mercury in yellowfin bream from the Mooloolah River breached Australian food safety standards. High pollutant presence and concentration is not the norm in seafood collected during routine surveys, even in estuaries with highly modified catchments.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ben L Gilby
- School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC 4558, Australia.
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- School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC 4558, Australia
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- School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC 4558, Australia
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- School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC 4558, Australia
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- Australian Rivers Institute - Coasts and Estuaries, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia
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- School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC 4558, Australia; Fisheries Queensland, Ecosciences Precinct, Boggo Rd, Dutton Park, QLD 4102, Australia
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- Healthy Land and Water, PO Box 13086, George Street, Brisbane, Queensland 4003, Australia
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- School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC 4558, Australia
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- School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC 4558, Australia
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- School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC 4558, Australia
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- School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC 4558, Australia
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