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. 2018 Feb 19:5:288-295.
doi: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2018.01.007. eCollection 2018.

Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in fish species from the Meiliang Bay, Taihu Lake, China

Sivakumar Rajeshkumar  1 , Xiaoyu Li  1
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Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in fish species from the Meiliang Bay, Taihu Lake, China

Sivakumar Rajeshkumar et al. Toxicol Rep. .

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Abstract

In the present study, the bioaccumulation of heavy metals (Cr, Cu, Cd, Pb) content were determined in freshwater edible fishes Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus and Pelteobagrus fluvidraco, which were caught from the Meiliang Bay, Taihu Lake, a large, shallow and eutrophic lake of China. The results showed that the Cr, Cu, Cd and Pb content in the edible parts of the two fish species were much lower than Chinese Food Health Criterion (1994). However, the results showed marked differences in the four analyzed metal content between the two species and different tissues as well as significant variations. Pb content were the highest in the liver of fishes, Cd contents were almost the same in all organs of fishes, Cr contents mainly enriched in the kidney and liver, Cu contents were the highest in gills, However, the total metal bioaccumulation were greatest in the liver, gills and the lowest in the muscle. Although the total accumulations were highest in P. fluvidraco compare then C.carpio. This investigation indicated that fish products in Meiliang Bay, Taihu Lake were still safe for human consumption, but the amount consumed should be controlled under the Chinese Food Health Criterion to avoid excessive intake of Pb. Further, this is the first report on seasonal distribution of heavy metals and proximate compositions of commercialized important edible fishes from Meiliang Bay, Taihu Lake, China.

Keywords: Bioaccumulation; Cyprinus carpio; Heavy metal; Pelteobagrus fluvidraco; Taihu Lake.

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Categories of sampling sites based on pollution sources from different land use types in the Meiliang Bay, Taihu Lake, China.
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Concentrations of toxic metals (Cd, Cu, Cr and Pb) in different tissues of Cyprinus carpio and Pelteobagrus fluvidraco during summer and winter seasons. Hypothesis testing method including one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by least different (LSD). Values are statistically significant at p < .05. Values that do not share the same superscript letter (a-d) are significantly different.
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