{"title":"[Total methylmercury/mercury ratio in various species of fish caught along the coast of West Africa].","authors":"G Gras, J Mondain","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The ratio methylmercury/total mercury in most of the fishes from Senegalese and Mauritanian coasts in about 50%. It reaches the 100% value for only two species: the \"Barracuda\" dreadful predator, and the \"Merou bronze\", known as \"thioff\" and particularly prized in Senegal; for these fish, we have only analysed big specimens, from 8 to 10 kg.</p>","PeriodicalId":23153,"journal":{"name":"Toxicological European research. Recherche europeenne en toxicologie","volume":"4 4","pages":"191-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1982-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Toxicological European research. Recherche europeenne en toxicologie","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The ratio methylmercury/total mercury in most of the fishes from Senegalese and Mauritanian coasts in about 50%. It reaches the 100% value for only two species: the "Barracuda" dreadful predator, and the "Merou bronze", known as "thioff" and particularly prized in Senegal; for these fish, we have only analysed big specimens, from 8 to 10 kg.