Copper, zinc, manganese, iron, lead, cadmium, mercury and arsenic in fish from Lake Tanganyika, Burundi

Atomic absorption spectrometric determination of copper, zinc, manganese, iron, lead, cadmium, mercury and arsenic in two fish species from Lake Tanganyika, Burundi, provide values that are lower than most literature data, especially for cadmium, arsenic and mercury. Tissue analysis of Lates stapers...

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Published in:The Science of the total environment 1994-04, Vol.144 (1), p.103-115
Main Authors: Sindayigaya, E., Van Cauwenbergh, R., Robberecht, H., Deelstra, H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Africa
Agnatha. Pisces
animal tissues
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Animals
Applied ecology
Arsenic
arsenico
Biological and medical sciences
Burundi
cadmio
cadmium
cinc
cobre
copper
cuivre
Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution
Effects of pollution and side effects of pesticides on vertebrates
fer
Fish
Fishes
foie
Fresh Water
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Heavy metals
hierro
higado
iron
lac
lagos
lakes
lates
lead
liver
Liver - chemistry
manganese
manganeso
mercure
mercurio
Mercury
Metals - analysis
Pisces
plomb
plomo
tejidos animales
tissu animal
zinc
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Summary:Atomic absorption spectrometric determination of copper, zinc, manganese, iron, lead, cadmium, mercury and arsenic in two fish species from Lake Tanganyika, Burundi, provide values that are lower than most literature data, especially for cadmium, arsenic and mercury. Tissue analysis of Lates stapersii reveals that liver accumulates the highest amount of most elements. The data illustrates that Lake Tanganyika is still a non-polluted area at the time of analysis.
ISSN:0048-9697
1879-1026
DOI:10.1016/0048-9697(94)90431-6