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dc.contributor.authorGilby, Ben L
dc.contributor.authorOlds, Andrew D
dc.contributor.authorHardcastle, Felicity E
dc.contributor.authorHenderson, Christopher J
dc.contributor.authorConnolly, Rod M
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Tyson SH
dc.contributor.authorMaxwell, Paul S
dc.contributor.authorGaines, Lucy A Goodridge
dc.contributor.authorJones, Tyson R
dc.contributor.authorUnderwood, Ariel
dc.contributor.authorSchlacher, Thomas A
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-18T02:55:52Z
dc.date.available2020-12-18T02:55:52Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn0025-326X
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111487
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/400369
dc.description.abstractHuman 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.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom111487
dc.relation.ispartofjournalMarine Pollution Bulletin
dc.relation.ispartofvolume159
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiological sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode31
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subject.keywordsEnvironmental Sciences
dc.subject.keywordsMarine & Freshwater Biology
dc.subject.keywordsEcology
dc.titleDiverse land uses and high coastal urbanisation do not always result in harmful environmental pollutants in fisheries species
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGilby, BL; Olds, AD; Hardcastle, FE; Henderson, CJ; Connolly, RM; Martin, TSH; Maxwell, PS; Gaines, LAG; Jones, TR; Underwood, A; Schlacher, TA, Diverse land uses and high coastal urbanisation do not always result in harmful environmental pollutants in fisheries species, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2020, 159, pp. 111487
dcterms.dateAccepted2020-07-15
dc.date.updated2020-12-18T02:54:47Z
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorConnolly, Rod M.


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