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TABLE 2 



RANGE IN CONCENTRATIONS OF MERCURY (Mg/kg wet weight) 



REPORTED FROM FIELD COLLECTIONS OF 



MARINE BIOTA 



Sample 



Concentration 



Reference 



Algae 



Higher aquatic 

 plants 



Porifera 



Coelenterata 



Tunicata 



Echinodermata 



Annelida 



MoUusca 



Crustacea 



Insecta 



40—2,000 Greig, Wenzloff, and Shelpuk, 1975; Haug, 



Melsom, and Omang, 1974; Leatherland and 

 Burton, 1974; Lulic and Strohal, 1974 

 10—8,700 Gardner et al., 1975; Johnson and Braman, 



1975; Lindberg and Harriss, 1974; Windom, 

 1973 

 330—1,580 Leatherland and Burton, 1974; Williams and 



Weiss, 1973 

 70—860 Leatherland and Burton, 1974; Leatherland 



etal., 1973 

 60—570 Leatherland and Burton, 1974; Leatherland 



etal., 1973 

 280-400 Williams and Weiss, 1973 



350 Leatherland and Burton, 1974 



1—4,440 Anderlini, 1974; Burton and Leatherland, 



1971; Craig, 1967; Greig, Wenzloff, and 

 Shelpuk, 1975; Hussain and Bleiler, 1973; 

 Irukayama et al., 1962a; 1962b; Laumond 

 et al., 1973; Leatherland and Burton, 1974; 

 Lulic and Strohal, 1974; Stenner and Nick- 

 less, 1975; Thibaud, 1973; Vucetic, Vern- 

 berg, and Anderson, 1974; Williams and 

 Weiss, 1973; Young, 1974 

 5—2,520 DeClerk, Vanderstoppen, and Vyncke, 1974; 



Eftekhari, 1975; Evans, Bails, and D'ltri, 

 1972; Greig, Wenzloff, and Shelpuk, 1975; 

 Holden and Topping, 1972; Johnson and 

 Braman, 1975; Leatherland et al., 1973; 

 Raeder and Snekvik, 1949b; Skei, Saunders, 

 and Price, 1976; Somayajulu and Rama, 

 1972; Stenner and Nickless, 1975; Vucetic, 

 Vernberg, and Anderson, 1974; Williams 

 and Weiss, 1973 

 221—630 Kim, Chu, and Barron, 1974 



(Table continues on following page.) 



Renzoni, Bacci, and Falciai, 1974; Windom, Taylor, and Stickney, 

 1973; Wobeser et al., 1970; Zitko et al., 1971). 



Inshore marine biota often contain higher mercury concentra- 

 tions than the same or similar species collected offshore (Dehlinger 

 etal., 1973; Jones, Jones, and Stewart, 1972; Westoo, 1969). In 



