title: Some heavy metals accumulation in tissues in Capoeta umbla (Heckel, 1843) from Uzuncayir Dam Lake (Tunceli, Turkey).
abstract: Concentrations of metals were determined in the gills, liver, kidney, heart and muscle in Capoeta umbla caught from six stations from the Munzur River system. Metal concentrations in the tissues tended to vary significantly among stations (p < 0.05). Liver (Cu, 10.10 ± 0.23-23.03 ± 9.37 ppm; Zn, 14.67 ± 3.01-21.82 ± 2.39 ppm; Cd, 18.04 ± 4.56-52.69 ± 10.65 ppb and Fe, 28.87 ± 6.78-115.11 ± 34.87 ppm) and kidney (Cu, 1.80 ± 0.25-3.70 ± 0.62 ppm; Zn, 20.81 ± 0.37-29.36 ± 0.70 ppm; Cd, 132.06 ± 5.29-639.51 ± 20.14 ppb and Fe, 24.40 ± 1.98-59.39 ± 1.97 ppm) tissues showed higher metal concentrations than other tissues. It seems that metal contamination in the river is too high for the health of fish and the people who eat them. The geographical locations of catch, season, nature of diet, and the size of fish used for analyses might lead to different metal concentration in the same fish species.
authors: Fisheries Faculty, Tunceli University, 62000 Tunceli, Turkey.
authors: Mesut
authors: M
authors: Ural
authors: Numan
authors: N
authors: Yildirim
authors: Durali
authors: D
authors: Danabas
authors: Olcay
authors: O
authors: Kaplan
authors: Nuran Cikcikoglu
authors: NC
authors: Yildirim
authors: Mehtap
authors: M
authors: Ozcelik
authors: Eylem Funda
authors: EF
authors: Kurekci
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003530:Cyprinidae / Q000378:metabolism*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D060106:Lakes / Q000737:chemistry*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000378:metabolism*; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism; D014421:Turkey; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D019216:Metals, Heavy; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical