Trace metals in deep-water fish

Studies on trace metals in the tissues of deep-water fish species were carried out in collaboration with Dr Philip Vas.

Publications

Vas, P. and Gordon, J.D.M.,1988 Trace metal concentrations in the Scyliorhinid shark Galeus melastomus from the Rockall Trough. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 19 , 396-398.

Bonwick, G.A., Vas, P., Fielden, P.R. and Gordon, J.D.M., 1990. Metallothioneine-like proteins in the livers of squaloid and carcharhinid sharks. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 21, 567-570.

Vas, P. and Gordon, J.D.M. 1993. Trace metals in deep-sea sharks from the Rockall Trough. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 26, 400-402.

Vas, P., Gordon, J.D.M., Fielden, P.R. and Overnell, J. 1993. The trace metal ecology of ichthyofauna in the Rockall Trough, north-eastern Atlantic. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 26, 607-612.

SAMS co-sponsored a PhD project carried out at Fisheries Research Services, Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen by Sophie Mormede.

Mormede, S. 2001. Contaminants in deep water fish. PhD Thesis, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Mormede, S., and I.M. Davies. 1998. Trace elements in deep-water fish species from the Rockall Trough. ICES CM. CM 1998/O:55:15pp.

Mormede, S., and I.M. Davies. 2000. Polychlorobiphenyl and pesticide residues in monkfish and black scabbard from the Rockall Trough. ICES Cooperative Research Report. 240:19-20.

Mormede, S., and I.M. Davies. 2001a. Heavy metal concentrations in commercial deep-sea fish from the Rockall Trough. Continental Shelf Research. 21:899-916.

Mormede, S., and I.M. Davies. 2001b. Polychlorobiphenyl and pesticide residues in monkfish Lophius piscatorius and black scabbard Aphanopus carbo from the Rockall Trough. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 58:725-736.

Mormede, S., and I.M. Davies. 2001c. Trace elements in deep-water fish species from the Rockall Trough. Fisheries Research. 51:197-206.

Mormede, S., and I.M. Davies. 2003. Horizontal and vertical distribution of organic contaminants in deep-sea fish species. Chemosphere. 50:563-574.