title: Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals and Microelements in Silver Bream (Brama brama L.), Northern Pike (Esox lucius L.), Sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus L.), and Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) From Tisza River, Serbia.
abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the concentrations of Al, As, B, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Se, Sr, and Zn in liver, gills, gonads, and brain of four ecologically different fish species in Serbia: piscivorous northern pike, benthivorous sterlet and silver bream, and omnivorous common carp. Fish were caught at four sites along the stretch of the River Tisza in the Pannonian part of Serbia during October 2010. Results revealed that heavy metals and microelements with the highest values in fish samples were Fe, Al, and Zn. The highest concentration of heavy metals and microelements was recorded in omnivorous common carp, and organs that most intensively accumulated the greatest number of metals were liver and gills, whereas the locality did not exert a marked impact on level of bioaccumulation.
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Environmental Protection , Educons University , Sremska Kamenica , Serbia.
authors.forename: Snežana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Štrbac
authors.forename: Milica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kašanin-Grubin
authors.forename: Branimir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jovančićević
authors.forename: Predrag
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Simonović
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002347:Carps / Q000378:metabolism; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D017859:Esocidae / Q000378:metabolism; D005399:Fishes / Q000378:metabolism*; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000378:metabolism*; D010473:Perciformes / Q000378:metabolism; D055771:Serbia; D013045:Species Specificity; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000378:metabolism*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D019216:Metals, Heavy; D014131:Trace Elements; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical