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The effect of changing anthropogenic mercury emissions on marine wildlife is of broad interest. Methylmercury can cause reproductive and neurological damage and biomagnifies in food webs. Mercury availability in the Pacific Ocean has been increasing and therefore could be expect…

This dissertation examines physiological stress responses of coastal elasmobranch fishes and investigates mechanisms that maintain oxygen delivery under stress. Elasmobranch fishes are, in general, understudied despite their susceptibility (due to K-selected life histories) to u…