Cocoros, Glenn E. 



1971. Mercury contamination of plankton feeding fish: 



Experimental studies on the Atlantic menhaden, Brevoortia 

 tyrannus . M.S. thesis, Long Island University, New York, 

 42 p. 



Mercury content in Atlantic menhaden compared to mercury 

 content of water and plankton. Mercury concentration in 

 menhaden ranged from 0.049-0.189 ppm, well below the 

 0.50 ppm tolerance limit. 



Cocoros, Glenn, Phyllis H. Cahn, and William Siler. 



1973. Mercury concentrations in fish, plankton and water from three 

 Western Atlantic estuaries. Journal of Fish Biology, vol. 5, 

 no. 6, p. 641-647. 



Mercury concentrations in J3. tryannus were 0.3 to 

 0.6 ppm dry weight, about twice that for the plankton 

 on which they feed. 



Collins, J. W. 



1883. Report upon a cruise made to the tilefish ground in the 

 smack "Josie Reeves," September, 1882. Bulletin of the 

 U.S. Fish Commission, vol. 2, p. 301-310. 



Procuring menhaden for fish bait. Several comments 

 about fishery. 



Collins, J. W. 



1884. A search for mackerel off Block Island, Montauk, and 

 Sandy Hook, in November, 1883. Bulletin of the U.S. Fish 

 Commission, vol. 4, p. 49-51. 



Menhaden used for mackerel bait. 



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