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Determination of Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals and Selenium in Tissues of Brown Trout Salmo trutta macrostigma (Duméril, 1858) from Munzur Stream, Tunceli, Turkey

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The objective of the present work was to determine the bioaccumulation of arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), uranium (U) and selenium (Se) in gill, liver, and muscle tissues of the fresh water fish Salmo trutta macrostigma (Duméril, 1858) in Munzur Stream, Tunceli, Turkey. The highest concentrations of U (1.83 μg kg−1), Pb (119.84 μg kg−1) and Se (1.31 μg kg−1) were recorded in the gills of S. t. macrostigma. Concentrations of As (46.27 μg kg−1), Cd (109.19 μg kg−1), Hg (16.40 μg kg−1), Cu (18.19 μg kg−1) were recorded at highest levels in the liver. The results showed that there were significant differences in concentrations of As, Cd, Cu, Pb, Se, U and Hg in gill, liver and muscle tissue (p < 0.05). Heavy metals were within the edible parts of the investigated fish were in the permissible safety levels for human uses.

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  1. Fisheries Faculty, Tunceli University, 62000, Tunceli, Turkey

    Erkan Can, Önder Aksu, Murathan Kayim & Filiz Kutluyer

  2. Department of Hydrobiology, Fisheries Faculty, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, 48000, Muğla, Turkey

    Murat Yabanli

  3. Department of Environmental & Natural Resources Management, University of Western Greece, Agrinio, Greece

    George Kehayias

  4. Engineering Faculty, Ardahan University, Ardahan, Turkey

    Sebahat Şeker

  5. Department of Wildlife Ecology & Management, Faculty of Forestry, Karadeniz Technical University, 61080, Trabzon, Turkey

    Mehmet Kocabaş

  6. Department of Environmental Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Tunceli University, 62000, Tunceli, Turkey

    Veysel Demir

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Can, E., Yabanli, M., Kehayias, G. et al. Determination of Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals and Selenium in Tissues of Brown Trout Salmo trutta macrostigma (Duméril, 1858) from Munzur Stream, Tunceli, Turkey. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 89, 1186–1189 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-012-0824-3

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