Short communication: Study on heavy metals (Chromium, Cadmium, Cobalt and Lead) concentration in three pelagic species of Kilka (Genus Clupeonella) in the southern Caspian Sea

Taghavi Jelodar, H.; Fazli, H.; Salman Mahiny, A.

Short communication: Study on heavy metals (Chromium, Cadmium, Cobalt and Lead) concentration in three pelagic species of Kilka (Genus Clupeonella) in the southern Caspian Sea

2016

Taghavi Jelodar, H. | Fazli, H. | Salman Mahiny, A.

Environmental pollution by heavy metals has been a matter of growing concern over the last decades. Heavy metals are toxic and tend to accumulate in living organisms (Devier et al., 2005). In many studies, fish has been used as a sampling item to monitor the quality of ecosystems because of two reasons: 1- Fish bio-concentrate and integrate contaminant load both in time and space leading to more representative results compared to water samples, and 2- Fish represent the bio-available fraction of environmental contaminants, unlike water and sediment samples. On the other hand, humans consume fish species which makes attention to these fauna even more important (Danielsson, 2007). Levels of some metals in the water running in Volga River, towards the Caspian Sea (Dumont, 1998), and elevated concentrations of some trace elements have been reported in sediment (Mora et al., 2004). Also, various pollutants have accumulated in the Caspian Sea due to effluents from coastal catchments and leakage from offshore oil production and land-based sources (Karpinsky, 1992).

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