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Concentration of metals in fishes from Thane and Bassein creeks of Bombay, India

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Title Concentration of metals in fishes from Thane and Bassein creeks of Bombay, India
 
Creator Krishnamurti, Asha Jyothi
Nair, Vijayalakshmi R
 
Description 39-44
Concentration
of Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb and Ni in different tissues of 10 species of fishes from
Thane and Bassein creeks were estimated for a period of 15 months. The trend in
bioaccumulation indicated that irrespective of species Cu and Zn

contributed 42-58% to the
total metals accumulated. Maximum concentration of all metals was found either
in liver or in alimentary canal with lowest level in muscle tissue.Though metal
accumulation was found to be species specific maximum concentrations were found
in bottom feeders, compared to plankton feeders and other pelagic carnivores.
In general, fish from Bassein creek showed higher concentration of metals than
those collected from Thane creek. As Thane-Bassein creek system experiences
stress due to anthropogenic waste input the present baseline data can be used
for future monitoring and comparison of the ecosystem.
 
Date 2014-01-14T15:28:41Z
2014-01-14T15:28:41Z
1999-03
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/25619
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.28(1) [March 1999]