M. Pravinkumar¹ , A. R. Logesh² , C. Vishwanathan¹ , G. Ponnusamy¹ , V. Elumalai³ , S.M. Raffi¹ , K. Kathiresan¹

1. Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai-608 502, India
2. National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow-226 001, India
3. Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture, Chirala Mandal, Andra Pradesh-523 157, India
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International Journal of Marine Science, 2015, Vol. 5, No. 25   doi: 10.5376/ijms.2015.05.0025
Received: 21 Dec., 2014    Accepted: 27 Mar., 2015    Published: 20 Apr., 2015

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Pravinkumar et al., 2015, Determination of heavy metals in low value food fish from commercial landing centers (India) by Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer, International Journal of Marine Science, Vol.5, No.25 1-9 (doi: 10.5376/ijms.2015.05.0025)

A bio-monitoring study was performed to investigate certain metals (cadmium, cobalt, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, nickel, lead, zinc, aluminium and boron), using Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES) for the assessment of the present status in the two coastal ecosystems and compiling the baseline data for future monitoring. Tissue samples of fishes have different level of accumulation viz, Cd = 0.07-0.40, Co = 0-0.32, Cu = 0.53–0.39, Fe = 1.42–8.12, Mg = 9.74–33.1, Mn = 0.08–0.84, Ni = 0.01–0.97, Pb = 0.12–2.05, Zn = 0.81–2.11, Al = 1.26-3.98, Cr = 0.25-1.76 and B = 0.17-1.87 µg g ^-1 dry wt. respectively. The rate of metal accumulation higher in species (Thalassoma trilobatum and Saurida tumbil). Concentration of toxic metals such as Cd and Pb were well above the permissible limits proposed by the World Health Organization and Food and Agricultural Organizations.

Trash fish; Low value food fish; Metal accumulation; ICP-OES; Cuddalore; Pazhayar