Concentrations of trace elements in a rare and threatened coastal shark from the Arabian Gulf (smoothtooth blacktip Carcharhinus leiodon)

•We analysed trace elements in a rare shark found off Kuwait.•Concentrations of several elements were remarkably high, including mercury and lead.•Mercury concentrations exceeded European limits for safe human consumption.•We confirm pollution as an additional stressor for this rare, threatened spec...

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