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ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
Volume 97, Issue -, Pages 73-77Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.07.004
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Trace metals; Elasmobranch fish; Liver; Mediterranean Sea; Torpedinid species
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Metal concentrations (Hg, Cd, Pb, As, Cr, Cu, Zn and Ni) were measured in the liver of two fish, Torpedo nobiliana (electric ray) and Torpedo marmorata (marbled electric ray), from the Mediterranean Sea in order to comparatively investigate their current pollution status. Maximum mean levels of Hg were detected in electric ray (mean: 2.16 mu g g(-1) ww), while marbled electric ray accumulated especially Cd (mean: 0.06 mu g g(-1) ww), Cu (mean: 3.83 mu g g(-1) ww) and As (mean: 32.64 mu g g(-1) ww). The metal concentrations are similar to those reported in literature, except for Cd, As and Ni. Hg concentrations increased with increasing fish body length in both species, whilst no significant concentration-size relationship was found for other metals. To the best of our knowledge this is the first report providing information on trace metal levels and relationship between concentration and size of these cartilaginous fishes. Future studies on the concentrations and effects of environmental contaminants in various torpedinid species are surely needed. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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