Comparison of Mercury Distribution Between Liver and Muscle - A Biomonitoring of Fish from Lightly and Heavily Contaminated Localities

Overview

Journal Sensors (Basel)

Publisher MDPI

Specialty Biotechnology

Date 2016 Nov 24

PMID 27879924

Citations 17

Authors

Marcela Havelkova

Ladislav Dusek

Danka Nemethova

Gorzyslaw Poleszczuk

Zdenka Svobodova

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Abstract

Tissue samples from 1,117 fish of 25 species were collected from 1991 through 1996 at 13 locations along the River Elbe. The principal indicator species were perch (Perca fluviatilis) (n=118), chub (Leuciscus cephalus L.) (n=113) and roach (Rutilus rutilus) (n=138). Mercury (Hg) concentrations in muscle and liver were determined by atomic absorption spectrometry. The liver/muscle index in three indicator species from heavily contaminated and lightly contaminated localities were significantly different. In fish from heavily contaminated localities, Hg was deposited preferentially in the liver (the depository for inorganic and organic forms of Hg), while in lightly contaminated areas, it was deposited preferentially in muscle.

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