title: The relationship between heavy metal (Cd, Co, Cu, Ni and Pb) levels and the size of benthic, benthopelagic and pelagic fish species, Persian Gulf.
abstract: The concentration of heavy metals was determined in tissues of sole (Euryglossa orientalis), mullet (Liza abu) and croacker fish (Johnius belangerii) from Musa estuary. Generally, the highest concentration of the studied metals in the three species was found in the liver tissue. The levels of Cd and Cu in fish liver were J. belangerii = E. orientalis > L. abu and E. orientalis > L. abu > J. belangerii respectively. The concentrations of Cd and Cu in fish gills were E. orientalis > L. abu = J. belangerii and E. orientalis > L. abu > J. belangerii, respectively, and the level of Cu in muscle was E. orientalis > L. abu = J. belangerii. The results of linear regression analysis indicated that highly significant (p < 0.001) negative relationships were found between fish size and Cd concentrations in the liver of L. abu and Pb in the gills of J. belangerii.
authors.affiliation: Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Science, Khorramshahr Marine Science and Technology University, P.O. Box 669, Khorramshahr, Iran. f.a.monikh@gmail.com
authors.forename: Fazel
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Abdolahpur Monikh
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Safahieh
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Savari
authors.forename: Mohamad Taghi
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Ronagh
authors.forename: Abdolmajid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Doraghi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005399:Fishes / Q000378:metabolism*; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D012623:Seawater / Q000737:chemistry*; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics
chemical_list: D019216:Metals, Heavy; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical