title: Distribution of metals in the tissues of benthic, Euryglossa orientalis and Cynoglossus arel., and bentho-pelagic, Johnius belangerii., fish from three estuaries, Persian Gulf.
abstract: Concentrations of Cd, Co, Cu, Ni, Pb, Fe and Zn were determined in the muscle, liver and gills of three commercial benthic and pelagic fish species (Johnius belangerii, Euryglossa orientalis and Cynoglossus arel) from three estuaries in the northwest Persian Gulf. Metals levels varied significantly depending on the tissues, species and locations. Generally, the results showed that liver accumulate higher concentrations of the metals in comparison to muscle and gills, except in few cases. Among the species, E. orientalis showed the highest levels of Co, Cu, Ni and Fe, while the highest concentrations of Pb and Zn were observed in C. arel. J. belangerii accumulated the highest level of Pb element.
authors: Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Science, Khoramshahr University of Marine Science and Technology, P.O. Box 64199-669, Khoramshahr, Iran. Fazel_abdolahpur2@yahoo.com
authors: Fazel
authors: F
authors: Abdolahpur Monikh
authors: Sadegh
authors: S
authors: Peery
authors: Omid
authors: O
authors: Karami
authors: Mehdi
authors: M
authors: Hosseini
authors: Afshin Abdi
authors: AA
authors: Bastami
authors: Amir Faraz
authors: AF
authors: Ghasemi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D063366:Estuaries; D020387:Food Chain; D008670:Metals / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*
chemical_list: D008670:Metals; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical