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Heavy metal concentration in fish tissues inhabiting waters of “Buško Blato” reservoar (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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An Erratum to this article was published on 19 August 2008

An Erratum to this article was published on 19 August 2008

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Heavy metals concentration (mercury, lead, cadmium, arsenic, copper, zinc and chromium) in tissues (muscles, liver, kidney and gonads) of Dalmatian barbelgudgeon, the nase, the souffie and brown trout, inhabiting waters of Buško Blato reservoir in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has been determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The meat of the tested fish sorts does not contain elevated concentration of most analyzed heavy metals with exception of lead (higher than MAC in Italy, Germany and Denmark) and mercury (in muscles of brown trout higher than MAC in most countries). The lowest level of all heavy metals is always detected in gonads, with higher values in fry compared to milt for copper, zinc, chromium and arsenic. The highest copper concentration is observed in the liver from the souffie which is suggested as a suitable biomonitor for copper intoxication. In muscles of all fish sorts, lead was always present in much higher concentration than cadmium, while in kidneys of most fish sorts, lead and cadmium concentrations were similar. We showed that bioaccumulation of some heavy metals in the fish sorts analyzed is tissue and sex dependent. Also, we concluded that the small water exchange in reversible shallow reservoir does not induce elevated concentration of heavy metals in fish tissues inhabiting Buško Blato.

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  1. Department of Biology, J.J. Strossmayer University, Trg Lj. Gaja 6, 31000, Osijek, Croatia

    Elizabeta Has-Schön & Janja Horvatić

  2. Department of Animal Husbandry, Faculty of Agriculture, J.J. Strossmayer University, Trg Sv. Trojstva 3, 31000, Osijek, Croatia

    Ivan Bogut & Gordana Kralik

  3. Health Centre Grude, Kraljice Katarine 8, Grude, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Stjepan Bogut

  4. Faculty of Food Technology, J.J. Strossmayer University, F. Kuhača 18, 31000, Osijek, Croatia

    Ivan Čačić

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An erratum to this article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10661-008-0479-z

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Has-Schön, E., Bogut, I., Kralik, G. et al. Heavy metal concentration in fish tissues inhabiting waters of “Buško Blato” reservoar (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Environ Monit Assess 144, 15–22 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-007-9627-0

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