Author/Authors :
غلامي س نويسنده Department of Environment, Bandarabbas Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandarabbas, Iran Gholami S , آقانجفي زاده س نويسنده Department of Environment, Maybod Branch, Islamic Azad University, Maybod, Iran Aghanajafizadeh S , نادري م نويسنده Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arak University, Arak, Iran Naderi M
Abstract :
This study conducted to determine the
amount of the heavy metals such as Cd, Ni,
and Pb in the muscle tissue of Hoof benthic
fish (Psettodes erumei) and urban pelagic
fish () in Qeshm Island in the north of the
Persian Gulf. Overall, the heavy metal
content Lethrinus nebulosus of 30 tissue
samples was randomly measured by atomic
absorption spectrometer.
The mean amount of Cd (0.16+ 0.002 ) and
Ni( 0.56+ 0.03 ) in benthic Hoof was
significantly greater than that in the Urban
pelagic fish while the concentration of
(29.64+ 3.72) in urban pelagic fish was
higher than that in the Hoof tissue samples
(P < 0.05). Our results showed that the
concentration of the three measured heavy
metals in the fishes studied was less than the
standard levels proposed by WHO and FAO.
