Heavy metal content in coral reef-associated fish collected from the central Red Sea, Saudi Arabia
The concentration of heavy metals in marine fish is important for assessing the health risks associated with fish consumption. In this study, the concentration of metals such as copper, lead and manganese were analyzed in the muscle tissue of five coral reef-associated fish species collected from th...
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| description | The concentration of heavy metals in marine fish is important for assessing the health risks associated with fish consumption. In this study, the concentration of metals such as copper, lead and manganese were analyzed in the muscle tissue of five coral reef-associated fish species collected from the central Red Sea, Saudi Arabia. The maximum copper content of 0.183 μg g-1 (ww) was detected in fish samples. Fish samples also showed maximum lead and manganese values of 0.030 and 0.064 μg g-1 (ww), respectively. The metal concentration in fish tissue samples did not vary significantly between the fish species. In conclusion, the results obtained indicate that the content of heavy metals in the coral reef-associated fishes is below the values determined by various agencies for seafood safety. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2985f22df651464d967d5b1a75ff8d962025-01-20T11:10:26ZengSciendoOceanological and Hydrobiological Studies1897-31912022-06-0151214915710.26881/oandhs-2022.2.03Heavy metal content in coral reef-associated fish collected from the central Red Sea, Saudi ArabiaAl Solami Lafi0King Abdulaziz University, Department of Marine Biology, Jeddah, Makkah Province, Saudi ArabiaThe concentration of heavy metals in marine fish is important for assessing the health risks associated with fish consumption. In this study, the concentration of metals such as copper, lead and manganese were analyzed in the muscle tissue of five coral reef-associated fish species collected from the central Red Sea, Saudi Arabia. The maximum copper content of 0.183 μg g-1 (ww) was detected in fish samples. Fish samples also showed maximum lead and manganese values of 0.030 and 0.064 μg g-1 (ww), respectively. The metal concentration in fish tissue samples did not vary significantly between the fish species. In conclusion, the results obtained indicate that the content of heavy metals in the coral reef-associated fishes is below the values determined by various agencies for seafood safety.https://doi.org/10.26881/oandhs-2022.2.03seafoodmarine fishmarine pollutionbioaccumulationmetal pollution index |
| spellingShingle | Al Solami Lafi Heavy metal content in coral reef-associated fish collected from the central Red Sea, Saudi Arabia Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies seafood marine fish marine pollution bioaccumulation metal pollution index |
| title | Heavy metal content in coral reef-associated fish collected from the central Red Sea, Saudi Arabia |
| title_full | Heavy metal content in coral reef-associated fish collected from the central Red Sea, Saudi Arabia |
| title_fullStr | Heavy metal content in coral reef-associated fish collected from the central Red Sea, Saudi Arabia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Heavy metal content in coral reef-associated fish collected from the central Red Sea, Saudi Arabia |
| title_short | Heavy metal content in coral reef-associated fish collected from the central Red Sea, Saudi Arabia |
| title_sort | heavy metal content in coral reef associated fish collected from the central red sea saudi arabia |
| topic | seafood marine fish marine pollution bioaccumulation metal pollution index |
| url | https://doi.org/10.26881/oandhs-2022.2.03 |
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