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Mercury accumulation in different tissues of fish from Ulhas River Estuary and Thane Creek and the pattern of fish consumption among fish-eaters

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Title Mercury accumulation in different tissues of fish from Ulhas River Estuary and Thane Creek and the pattern of fish consumption among fish-eaters
 
Creator Menon, Jayashree S.
Mahajan, Sarita V.
 
Subject Mercury
Ulhas River Estuary
Thane Creek
Fish
Tissues
Populations
 
Description 812-816
Survey of fish-eating populations in five villages along Ulhas river
estuary and Thane creek indicated inter-village differences in parts of fish
consumed. Differential tissue analysis indicated higher Hg levels in gills,
kidney and skin
(0.895-1.118 µg/g), moderate levels in liver, bones and muscles (0.21-0.37
µg/g) and low levels in eyes and brain
(0.04-0.093 µg/g). Skin and kidneys having elevated levels of Hg are commonly
consumed by all. Pattern of fish consumption among villagers revealed that
populations of Alimgarh and Diwe-Kewni villages consuming whole fish are
exposed to high Hg concentration whereas populations of Vittawa and Airoli
consuming only muscles are exposed to lower concentrations of Hg. In Wehele, a
mixed population is observed as far as parts of fish consumed are concerned and
therefore are exposed to Hg in moderate levels.
 
Date 2013-12-13T12:38:26Z
2013-12-13T12:38:26Z
2013-10
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/24804
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.42(6) [October 2013]