Determination of heavy metals in some tissues of four fish species from the Karasu River (Erzincan, Turkey) for public consumption
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Categoría del artículo: Original research paper
Publicado en línea: 05 jun 2021
Páginas: 232 - 246
Recibido: 20 oct 2020
Aceptado: 01 dic 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/oandhs-2021-0020
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Pearson correlation coefficient (R) and levels of significance (p) for the relationships between heavy metal concentrations in tissues of four fish species caught in the Karasu River and fish size (length and weight)
Tissue | Fishes | Al | Cr | Mn | Fe | Co | Ni | Cu | Zn | Cd | Pb | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Muscle | Length | R value | 0.634 | 0.748 | 0.608 | 0.613 | 0.702 | 0.648 | 0.717 | 0.840 | 0.950 | 0.786 |
NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | |||||||
Weight | R value | 0.798 | 0.893 | 0.774 | 0.783 | 0.857 | 0.803 | 0.848 | 0.933 | 0.968 | 0.915 | |
Liver | Length | R value | 0.777 | 0.905 | 0.964 | 0.879 | 0.980 | 0.989 | 0.778 | 0.883 | 0.992 | 0.988 |
Weight | R value | 0.899 | 0.984 | 0.964 | 0.971 | 0.912 | 0.947 | 0.916 | 0.957 | 0.965 | 0.975 | |
Gill | Length | R value | 0.795 | 0.813 | 0.965 | 0.713 | 0.990 | 0.935 | 0.989 | 0.899 | 0.975 | 0.750 |
NS | NS | |||||||||||
Weight | R value | 0.922 | 0.940 | 0.937 | 0.859 | 0.943 | 0.980 | 0.963 | 0.827 | 0.974 | 0.877 | |
Muscle | Length | R value | 0.974 | 0.990 | 0.873 | 0.958 | 0.931 | 0.897 | 0.972 | 0.981 | 0.968 | 0.969 |
Weight | R value | 0.946 | 0.967 | 0.939 | 0.981 | 0.986 | 0.938 | 0.990 | 0.965 | 0.932 | 0.932 | |
Liver | Length | R value | 0.792 | 0.925 | 0.814 | 0.826 | 0.940 | 0.972 | 0.855 | 0.935 | 0.830 | 0.851 |
Weight | R value | 0.908 | 0.954 | 0.917 | 0.928 | 0.962 | 00.991 | 0.936 | 0.883 | 0.918 | 0.899 | |
Gill | Length | R value | 0.827 | 0.836 | 0.975 | 0.882 | 0.982 | 0.937 | 0.969 | 0.941 | 0.970 | 0.967 |
Weight | R value | 0.930 | 00.939 | 0.895 | 0.967 | 0.976 | 0.994 | 0.921 | 0.991 | 0.960 | 0.971 | |
Muscle | Length | R value | 0.849 | 0.949 | 0.904 | 0.875 | 0.994 | 0.919 | 0.716 | 0.951 | 0.957 | 0.991 |
NS | ||||||||||||
Weight | R value | 0.932 | 0.949 | 0.933 | 0.927 | 0.961 | 0.928 | 0.833 | 0.952 | 0.969 | 0.967 | |
Liver | Length | R value | 0.777 | 0.568 | 0.903 | 0.683 | 0.880 | 0.928 | 0.571 | 0.989 | 0.717 | 0.756 |
NS | NS | NS | NS | |||||||||
Weight | R value | 0.880 | 0.702 | 0.949 | 0.805 | 0.944 | 0.965 | 0.711 | 0.957 | 0.838 | 0.864 | |
NS | NS | |||||||||||
Gill | Length | R value | 0.875 | 0.810 | 0.885 | 0.832 | 0.850 | 0.848 | 0.829 | 0.868 | 0.889 | 0.824 |
Weight | R value | 0.948 | 0.913 | 0.940 | 0.928 | 0.940 | 0.922 | 0.915 | 0.937 | 0.942 | 0.848 | |
Muscle | Length | R value | 0.826 | 0.774 | 0.954 | 0.991 | 0.973 | 0.979 | 0.949 | 0.909 | 0.961 | 0.990 |
Weight | R value | 0.867 | 0.821 | 0.973 | 0.986 | 0.961 | 0.978 | 0.980 | 0.935 | 0.932 | 0.969 | |
Liver | Length | R value | 0.817 | 0.802 | 0.799 | 0.923 | 0.850 | 0.900 | 0.868 | 0.937 | 0.878 | 0.856 |
Weight | R value | 0.868 | 0.858 | 0.856 | 0.930 | 0.902 | 0.936 | 0.905 | 0.958 | 0.931 | 0.895 | |
Gill | Length | R value | 0.963 | 0.974 | 0.985 | 0.984 | 0.983 | 0.954 | 0.932 | 0.758 | 0.950 | 0.857 |
Weight | R value | 0.976 | 0.977 | 0.964 | 0.985 | 0.970 | 0.963 | 0.860 | 0.806 | 0.955 | 0.899 | |
Size ranges and relationships between weight (W) and total length (TL) of the sampled fish caught in the Karasu River
Fish | n | TL ranges | W ranges | ||
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35 | 11–20.9 | 20.0–82.0 | y = 0.0312 x2.5535 | 0.9115 | |
63 | 14.4–42.1 | 27.0–539.0 | y = 0.0272 x2.6627 | 0.9476 | |
28 | 11–34.2 | 12.0–344.0 | y = 0.0076 x3.0490 | 0.9764 | |
49 | 11–24.2 | 10.0–99.0 | y = 0.0439 x2.4025 | 0.8893 |
Heavy metal concentrations (mg kg−1) in muscle tissues of four fish species from the Karasu River and Maximum Acceptable Concentrations (MACs) according to international standards
Heavy Metals | Concentrations of heavy metals (mg kg−1) in different species | Maximum Acceptable Concentrations (MACs) | |||||||
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TFC |
FAO |
WHO |
FAO/WHO 1989 | EC |
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Al | 129.99 | 130.63 | 108.58 | 95.12 | |||||
Cr | 3.08 | 2.18 | 2.15 | 2.84 | – | 0.15 | 0.5/1 | – | |
Mn | 5.65 | 6.13 | 3.88 | 6.98 | 20 | 0.5–1 | 2.5 | – | |
Fe | 150.92 | 86.05 | 55.96 | 62.02 | 50 | 100 | |||
Co | 0.74 | 0.54 | 0.53 | 0.51 | 1 | ||||
Ni | 3.89 | 3.10 | 3.06 | 3.14 | – | 0.6 | 0.4 | 40 | |
Cu | 2.54 | 4.30 | 1.90 | 2.87 | 20 | 30 | 30 | 30 | |
Zn | 51.48 | 36.39 | 32.01 | 45.77 | 50 | 30–150 | 100 | 40 | |
Cd | 0.54 | 0.54 | 0.52 | 0.54 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.05 |
Pb | 0.57 | 0.53 | 0.51 | 0.52 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.00 | 0.5 | 0.2–0.5 |
Concentrations of heavy metals (mean, standart deviation, minimum and maximum values; mg kg−1) in different tissues of four fish species from the Karasu River
Heavy Metals | Tissue | ||||
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Al | Muscle | 129.99 ± 1.12 (52.65–487.52) | 130.63 ± 1.35 (80.33–177.15) | 108.58 ± 1.35 (44.05–227.77) | 95.12 ± 1.34 (56.49–201.15) |
Liver | 156.77 ±1.98 (132.26–218.16) | 184.12 ± 1.52 (73.59–542.38) | 285.92 ± 1.15 (45.34–881.38) | 597.37 ± 1.17 (79.79–2051.97) | |
Gill | 447.52 ± 1.36 (143.50–1324.99) | 284.98 ± 1.00 (102.14–834.00) | 1809.94 ± 1.05 (117.61–4495.28) | 1450.17 ± 1.06 (322.96–2601.41) | |
Cr | Muscle | 3.08 ± 1.64 (1.43–8.47) | 2.18 ± 1.22 (1.63–2.85) | 2.15 ± 1.14 (1.36–2.79) | 2.84 ± 1.01 (1.41–7.25) |
Liver | 4.41 ± 1.19 (3.09–6.83) | 3.47 ± 1.49 (2.17–5.24) | 11.04 ± 0.79 (1.74–55.28) | 18.13 ± 1.27 (2.04–67.34) | |
Gill | 7.49 ± 1.05 (2.80–20.44) | 4.45 ± 0.99 (2.01–11.43) | 15.49 ± 0.99 (2.27–44.86) | 11.15 ± 0.73 (3.74–20.76) | |
Mn | Muscle | 5.65 ± 1.30 (1.74–24.83) | 6.13 ± 1.22 (2.88–12.58) | 3.88 ± 0.71 (1.98–6.30) | 6.98 ± 0.82 (3.43–11.18) |
Liver | 10.65 ± 1.24 (8.68–13.01) | 20.11 ± 1.02 (8.54–48.48) | 32.21 ± 0.97 (4.49–70.01) | 26.34 ± 1.01 (7.67–85.28) | |
Gill | 24.22 ± 0.94 (3.68–40.86) | 53.64 ± 0.98 (25.63–74.13) | 73.17 ± 1.41 (30.66–129.29) | 85.21 ± 1.22 (29.13–142.59) | |
Fe | Muscle | 150.92 ± 1.38 (21.12–800.40) | 86.05 ± 0.93 (25.58–168.14) | 55.96 ± 0.94 (16.88–117.90) | 62.02 ± 0.84 (34.44–89.42) |
Liver | 887.05 ± 1.12 (330.71–1890.51) | 1395.39 ± 0.72 (364.09–4376.27) | 2299.52 ± 0.85 (265.97–9314.15) | 1445.84 ± 0.82 (235.29–3232.52) | |
Gill | 620.34 ± 089 (93.23–2413.61) | 315.25 ± 1.11 (165.85–681.08) | 1360.95 ± 0.83 (152.01–3872.51) | 1045.53 ± 0.97 (315.18–1778.37) | |
Co | Muscle | 0.74 ±1.07 (0.49–1.66) | 0.54 ± 0.50 (0.41–0.81) | 0.53 ± 0.85 (0.40–0.61) | 0.51 ± 0.93 (0.37–0.67) |
Liver | 1.52 ± 0.99 (0.86–2.02) | 1.47 ± 0.85 (0.73–2.58) | 2.34 ± 0.89 (0.84–4.74) | 1.44 ± 0.85 (0.94–2.61) | |
Gill | 1.44 ± 0.77 (0.55–2.10) | 1.30 ± 1.07 (0.71–1.99) | 2.59 ± 0.95 (1.02–5.59) | 2.17 ± 1.14 (0.92–3.19) | |
Ni | Muscle | 3.89 ± 1.60 (1.93–12.09) | 3.10 ± 1.49 (2.66–3.79) | 3.06 ± 1.61 (1.69–4.56) | 3.14 ± 1.41 (1.85–4.38) |
Liver | 6.53 ± 1.59 (3.96–8.45) | 8.40 ± 1.19 (5.15–13.47) | 13.68 ± 1.42 (2.21–27.97) | 11.77 ± 1.47 (3.85–26.02) | |
Gill | 8.10 ± 1.14 (3.95–14.63) | 7.06 ± 1.31 (3.17–14.50) | 26.72 ± 0.87 (3.00–72.04) | 20.71 ± 0.83 (6.21–40.15) | |
Cu | Muscle | 2.54 ± 1.27 (0.91–6.99) | 4.30 ± 0.80 (1.26–8.81) | 1.90 ± 1.05 (1.06–4.32) | 2.87 ± 1.38 (0.90–5.93) |
Liver | 31.49 ± 0.93 (12.40–86.87) | 108.35 ± 0.67 (23.73–271.28) | 63.74 ± 0.87 (6.18–358.00) | 103.28 ± 1.04 (5.95–338.15) | |
Gill | 3.29 ± 1.15 (2.42–4.13) | 5.93 ± 0.94 (2.74–8.39) | 4.57 ± 0.79 (2.72–8.04) | 4.93 ± 1.01 (3.23–5.70) | |
Zn | Muscle | 51.48 ± 0.71 (27.25–107.99) | 36.39 ± 0.66 (18.85–58.36) | 32.01 ± 0.79 (24.48–37.86) | 45.77 ± 0.39 (24.97–87.29) |
Liver | 131.43 ± 0.86 (94.35–190.74) | 111.10 ± 1.58 (70.04–137.79) | 118.28 ± 1.02 (62.41–158.26) | 120.96 ± 0.94 (70.67–204.07) | |
Gill | 98.27 ± 0.77 (57.28–120.97) | 135.66 ± 0.79 (86.82–219.12) | 76.12 ± 0.83 (59.02–107.28) | 117.16 ± 0.73 (88.43–218.23) | |
Cd | Muscle | 0.54 ± 0.39 (0.47–0.62) | 0.54 ±0.22 (0.40–0.65) | 0.52 ± 0.31 (0.39–0.64) | 0.54 ± 0.23 (0.37–0.70) |
Liver | 1.29 ± 0.74 (0.64–1.85) | 0.75 ± 0.79 (0.53–1.19) | 0.90 ± 0.72 (0.73–1.41) | 0.97 ± 0.75 (0.68–1.50) | |
Gill | 0.57 ± 0.30 (0.46–0.69) | 0.54 ± 0.30 (0.45–0.64) | 0.55 ± 0.38 (0.46–0.67) | 0.58 ± 0.52 (0.51–0.67) | |
Pb | Muscle | 0.57 ± 0.35 (0.46–0.84) | 0.53 ± 0.32 (0.40–0.64) | 0.51 ± 0.45 (0.38–0.60) | 0.52 ± 0.44 (0.35–0.66) |
Liver | 1.06 ± 0.41 (0.47–1.62) | 0.75 ± 0.60 (0.57–1.05) | 1.08 ± 0.70 (0.51–2.47) | 0.96 ± 0.44 (0.62–1.79) | |
Gill | 1.79 ± 0.70 (0.50–5.29) | 1.19 ± 0.80 (0.61–1.94) | 1.19 ± 0.78 (0.88–1.59) | 1.77 ± 0.83 (0.80–3.98) |