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Heavy metal accumulation in Trichogaster fasciata (Bloch & Schneider) from the river Ganges and its tributaries: A health concern for fish-consuming populations

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Title Heavy metal accumulation in Trichogaster fasciata (Bloch & Schneider) from the river Ganges and its tributaries: A health concern for fish-consuming populations
 
Creator Bano, Farah
Ansari, Jamal Akhtar
Serajuddin, M
 
Subject Aquatic pollution
Banded gourami
Condition factor
Inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry
Metal toxicity
Striped gourami
 
Description 176-183
Accumulation of metal in fish flesh is increasing because of heavy metal pollution in rivers of India, which poses significant threat to the consumers’ health. Here, we studied the concentrations of heavy metals [cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn)] in the muscle tissues of Banded or Striped gourami, Trichogaster fasciata Bloch & Schneider collected from the river Ganges and its tributaries in order to assess the risk the consumers are put to. The order of metal accumulation (Zn>Pb>Cu>Cr>Cd) was found to be the same in both the fish muscle and the water samples. Significant values of correlation of coefficient (R = 0.9184-0.9612) of length-weight relationship and mean condition factor ranging between 1.876-2.420 g/cm3 of different populations of the fish were recorded. All metal concentration was negatively correlated with the fish size and condition factor except Zn in Ghaghara and Yamuna (P
 
Date 2022-03-04T09:42:20Z
2022-03-04T09:42:20Z
2022-03
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1009 (Online); 0019-5189 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/59290
 
Language en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJEB Vol.60(03) [Mar 2022]