DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14503336
title: Database of biokinetic parameters predicting Hg and MeHg bioaccumulation in fish and aquatic invertebrates

description: To investigate patterns of Hg accumulation across aquatic species, model parameter values were collected from the literature for three main parameters: uptake rate (ku), assimilation efficiency (AE), and efflux or elimination rate (ke). We created a database to summarize these parameter values for fish and aquatic invertebrates and looked for patterns across biotic (species, trophic level, phylogenetic association) and abiotic (salinity, temperature) variables that may explain the variability across these parameter values. By comparing parameter estimates to each other, comparisons of Hg and MeHg biokinetics can be compared across species, taxa, empirical setups, time scales, and environments.We conducted two reviews of the peer-reviewed literature pertaining to biokinetic parameters for mercury bioaccumulation. We started the first review in May 2020 and focused on fish (‘fish library’), while the second review was initiated in June 2021 and focused on invertebrates (‘aquatic invertebrate library’). We searched two online databases (Web of Science and Google Scholar) for the keywords “fish” (or “invertebrate”, respectively), “mercury”, “bioaccumulation”, “assimilation efficiency”, and “kinetics”.  We downloaded and read articles matching the search criteria and identified additional literature by carefully reviewing the articles and reference list of each article. Multiple researchers contributed to the compilation of literature, and we checked every database entry on two separate occasions to ensure consistency and accuracy. We included the following biokinetic parameters in the database: 1) uptake rate, ku (L g-1 d-1), 2) assimilation efficiency AE, (%), and 3) efflux rate ke (d-1). If these parameters were reported in different units, we expended all efforts to convert them using information in the article. If unit conversion was not possible, we did not include the parameter value in the database. We report all values on a wet weight basis because the majority of papers reported parameter values in terms of wet weight. For the few reporting values in dry weight, we converted either using data provided in the article or using supplemental studies found in the literature that define relationships between wet and dry weights of the focal organism. For fish, we identified parameter values as either measured in the filet (muscle only) or whole-body, while all invertebrate values were measured whole-body. The database contains 176 parameter values for aquatic invertebrates and 518 parameter values for fish from 84 publications; these values span 37 different species of bony fish and 34 different species of aquatic invertebrates. Please see our publication for more details and results of analysis of this database.
description: Species represented in the database of biokinetic Hg parameters for fish and aquatic invertebrates.

Fish:



Acanthopagrus schlegelii

Ameiurus nebulosus

Anguilla anguilla

Carassius auratus

Catostomus commersonii

Coregonus clupeaformis

Cyprinodon variegatus

Esox Lucius

Fundulus heteroclitus

Gadus morhua

Gambusia affinis

Hippoglossoides platessoides

Ictalurus punctatus

Lepomis macrochirus

Lepomis microlophus

Lota lota

Menidia menidia

Micropterus salmoides

Morone saxatilis

Moxostoma spp.

Notemigonus crysoleucas

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Oreochromis niloticus

Orthodon microlepidotus

Perca flavescens

Platichthys flesus

Plectorhinchus gibbosus

Pleuronectes platessa

Poecilia reticulata

Salmo salar

Salvelinus alpinus

Salvelinus namaycush

Sander vitreus

Seriola quinqueradiata

Serranus scriba

Siganus canaliculatus

Terapon jarbua


Aquatic Invertebrates:



Acartia hudsonica

Acartia tonsa

Alitta succinea

Callinectes sapidus

Carcinus maenas

Centropages sp.

Chimarra sp.

Chironomus riparius

Chlamys nobilis

Crangon crangon

Crassostrea gigas

Crassostrea virginica

Daphnia magna 

Daphnia pulex

Eurytemora affini

Hyalella azteca 

Hydropsyche betteni

Isonychia sp.

Leptocheirus plumulosus

Lysmata seticuadata

Maccaffertium modestum

Macoma balthica

Mytilus edulis

Mytilus galloprovincialis

Pecten maximus

Penaeus duorarum

Perna viridis

Ruditapes decussatus

Ruditapes philippinarum

Saccostrea cucullata

Saccostrea echinata

Sepia officinalis

Septifer virgatus

Temora longicornis