An assessment of heavy metals in Trachinotus blochii (Lacepède, 1801) snubnose pompano fish from northern Arabian Sea
A total 48 individual samples of Trachinotus blochii were collected fromKarachi fish harbor during January, 2009 to December, 2009. Six heavy metals includingZn, Cu, Cd, Ni, Pb, and Cr were determined in fish samples using Atomic AbsorptionSpectrophotometer. The metal contents ranges were Zn= 8.23-16.495 mg/kg, Cu=6.33-8.17 mg/kg, Cd= 0.705-0.84 mg/kg, Ni= 0.575-0.61 mg/kg, Pb= 0.39-0.8 mg/kg, Cr=0.1-0.49 mg/kg. The present study indicated that the concentration of two heavy metalsZn and Cr were significant however; they were in the permissible limits of FAO/WHO.
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
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| Format: | article biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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| Subjects: | Biology, Fisheries, Heavy Metals, Trachinotus blochii, fish harbor, Pakistan., |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/40740 |
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| Summary: | A total 48 individual samples of Trachinotus blochii were collected fromKarachi fish harbor during January, 2009 to December, 2009. Six heavy metals includingZn, Cu, Cd, Ni, Pb, and Cr were determined in fish samples using Atomic AbsorptionSpectrophotometer. The metal contents ranges were Zn= 8.23-16.495 mg/kg, Cu=6.33-8.17 mg/kg, Cd= 0.705-0.84 mg/kg, Ni= 0.575-0.61 mg/kg, Pb= 0.39-0.8 mg/kg, Cr=0.1-0.49 mg/kg. The present study indicated that the concentration of two heavy metalsZn and Cr were significant however; they were in the permissible limits of FAO/WHO. |
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