M. Pravinkumar , A. R Logesh , C. Viswanathan , V. Elumalai , S. M. Raffi , K. Kathiresan

Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai-608 502, Tamilnadu, India
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International Journal of Marine Science, 2014, Vol. 4, No. 41   doi: 10.5376/ijms.2014.04.0041
Received: 01 Apr., 2014    Accepted: 25 May, 2014    Published: 10 Sep., 2014

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Pravinkumar M, et al, 2014, Bioaccumulation of trace elements in fin and shell fishes of Uppanar and Vellar Estuaries at Southeast coast of India, International Journal of Marine Science, Vol.4, No.41: 1-7 (doi: 10.5376/ijms.2014.04.0041)

The study was performed to investigate the concentration of cadmium, cobalt, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, nickel, lead, zinc, aluminium, chromium and boron in muscle, gill and liver of fin and shell fishes collected from two estuaries (Uppanar and Vellar) of Southeast coast of India. Tissue samples of fin and shell fishes have different level of accumulation viz, Cd = 0.10-0.72, Co = 0-0.18, Cu = 0.05-0.62, Fe = 1.42-9.85, Mg = 9.74-31.55, Mn = 0.09-11.12, Ni = 0.02-0.30, Pb = 0.14-0.50, Zn = 0.31-2.31, Al = 1.26-3.95, Cr = 0.25-2.91 and B = 0.17-0.51 µg g ^-1 dry wt respectively. Concentration of toxic metals such as Cd, Mn, Pb and Cr were above the permissible limits, in Uppanar estuary, proposed by the World Health Organization.

Fin fish; Shell fish; Metal accumulation; Uppanar estuary; Vellar estuary; Health hazard