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Status of Edible Fishes of Lower Gangetic Delta In Terms of Heavy Metals

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  • Tanmay Ray Chaudhuri
  • Pallavi Dutta
  • Sufia Zaman

    (Department of Oceanography, Techno India University, India)

  • Abhijit Mitra

    (Department of Marine Science, University of Calcutta, India)

Abstract

We analyzed concentrations of zinc, copper, lead and cadmium in ten commercially valuable finfish and shellfish species in the lower stretch of the River Ganga in April, 2016 using a Perkin-Elmer Sciex ELAN 5000 ICP mass spectrometer and expressed as mg kg-1 dry weight. In finfish species the concentrations of Zn, Cu, Pb and Cd ranged from 2.05±0.13 - 111.55±1.38, 1.26±0.11 - 53.15±0.60, BDL - 3.05±0.21 and BDL - 1.32±0.11 respectively. Concentrations in shrimp species ranged as follows: Zn: 1.19±0.06 - 141.21±1.50, Cu: 1.02±0.05 - 92.40±0.93, Pb: BDL - 2.01±0.17 and Cd: BDL in all the sampling stations.

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  • Tanmay Ray Chaudhuri & Pallavi Dutta & Sufia Zaman & Abhijit Mitra, 2017. "Status of Edible Fishes of Lower Gangetic Delta In Terms of Heavy Metals," International Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 5(3), pages 47-56, - Septemb.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:ijesnr:v:5:y:2017:i:3:p:47-56
    DOI: 10.19080/IJESNR.2017.05.555661
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