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Stable isotope ratios (\u03b413C and \u03b415N) also were determined to track mercury biomagnification. The average concentration of T-Hg in zooplankton was 21 \u00b1 8.0 ng g\u22121 with MeHg accounting 10% of T-Hg. Total mercury levels in fish species ranged from 3.0 ng g\u22121 (Sardinella longiceps) to 760 ng g\u22121 (Rhizoprionodon acutus) with relatively lower fraction of MeHg (72%) than that found in other studies. The average trophic difference (\u25b313C) between zooplankton and planktivorous fish (Selar crumenopthalmus, Rastrelliger kanagurta, and S. longiceps) was higher (3.4%0) than expected, suggesting that zooplankton may not be the main diet or direct carbon source for these fish species. However, further sampling would be required to compensate for temporal changes in zooplankton and the influence of their lipid content. Trophic position inferred by \u03b415N and and slopes of the regression equations (log10[T-Hg] = 0.13[\u03b415N] \u2014 3.57 and log10[MeHg] = 0.14[\u03b415N] \u2014 3.90) as estimates of biomagnification indicate that biomagnification of T-Hg and MeHg was lower in this tropical ocean compared to what has been observed in arctic and temperate ecosystems and tropical African lakes. The calculated daily intake of methylmercury in the diet of local people through fish consumption was well below the established World Health Organization (WHO) tolerable daily intake threshold for most of the fish species except Euthynnus affinis, Epinephelus epistictus, R. acutus, and Thunnus tonggol, illustrating safe consumption of the commonly consumed fish species.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1897\/06-359r.1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2007,7,16]],"date-time":"2007-07-16T18:32:40Z","timestamp":1184610760000},"page":"1572-1581","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":84,"title":["Evaluating mercury biomagnification in fish from a tropical marine environment using stable isotopes (\u03b413C AND \u03b415N)"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"26","author":[{"given":"Hassan A.","family":"Al-Reasi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology, P.O. 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