title: Metal concentrations in tissues of two fish species from Qeshm Island, Iran.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the concentrations of metals, cadmium, chromium, lead and nickel in Liza vaigiensis and Johnius carutta, in order to: compare metal concentrations between two species with different gender, and to determine the significance between metal concentrations in the gill, liver and muscle. The highest mean concentrations of cadmium, chromium, lead and nickel in different tissues of these two fish species were found in the liver of L. vaigiensis at 0.68, 0.83, 0.37 and 1.42 μg g(-1), respectively; while the lowest mean concentrations of cadmium, chromium, lead and nickel were observed in the muscle of J. carutta at 0.16, 0.16, 0.03 and 0.29 μg g(-1), respectively. The results showed that the metal concentrations in both species were higher in the females than in the males (except chromium in gill and cadmium in muscle of J. carutta). Also, the results indicated that the metal concentrations were different among fish tissues (one-way ANOVA, p < 0.001), but there was no difference (except lead in gills of J. carutta) between sex (male vs. female).
authors.affiliation: Young Researchers Club, Larestan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lar, Iran. mohsenepa2010@gmail.com
authors.forename: Mohsen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Norouzi
authors.forename: Borhan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mansouri
authors.forename: Amir Hossein
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Hamidian
authors.forename: Iman
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zarei
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mansouri
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002104:Cadmium / Q000378:metabolism; D002857:Chromium / Q000378:metabolism; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes / Q000378:metabolism*; D005880:Gills / Q000378:metabolism; D007492:Iran; D007854:Lead / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008670:Metals / Q000378:metabolism*; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism; D009532:Nickel / Q000378:metabolism; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000378:metabolism*; D014877:Water Pollution, Chemical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D008670:Metals; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D002104:Cadmium; D002857:Chromium; D007854:Lead; D009532:Nickel