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A preliminary estimate of total petroleum hydrocarbons in water and osme commercially important fish species in the Amba estuary, west coast of India

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Title A preliminary estimate of total petroleum hydrocarbons in water and osme commercially important fish species in the Amba estuary, west coast of India
 
Creator Rao, M.N.
Ram, A.
Rokade, M.A.
Raja, P.
Rakesh, P.S.
Chemburkar, P.
Gajbhiye, S.N.
 
Subject CHEMISTRY AND BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
ICHTHYOLOGY
AQUATIC ECOLOGY, PRODUCTIVITY
AQUATIC POLLUTION
AQUATIC POLLUTION
 
Description Amba Estuary, which receives effluent from several industries including a petrochemical complex, opens to the southern limits of the Mumbai Harbor. The study was conducted to find out the level of Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPHs) in water and their bioconcentration in ten commercially important fishes from Amba Estuary during different months. In water high concentration of TPHs (39.7 µg/L) was obtained during December (middle of estuary) and minimum value (7.2 µg/L) was observed in September (lower estuarine). The maximum concentration of TPHs was found to be in Trichiurus savala (3.2 µg/g) during December and minimum in Boleophthalmus sp (0.4 µg/g) during May. Irrespective of the monthly variations, TPHs accumulation in all the species was considerably lower than hazardous levels. Although there was no statistical significance between TPHs and total length/weight, the T. savala recording maximum concentration during all months and it can be used as indicator of hydrocarbon pollution in this region
 
Date 2016-07-12T07:09:31Z
2016-07-12T07:09:31Z
2016
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol.97(1); 2016; 56-62
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/4998
 
Language en
 
Rights An edited version of this paper was published by Springer. This paper is for R & D purpose and Copyright [2016] Springer.
 
Publisher Springer