1.
Bull Environ Contam Toxicol
; 71(6): 1200-6, 2003 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-14756289
2.
Sci Total Environ
; 271(1-3): 1-9, 2001 Apr 23.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11346032
ABSTRACT
The concentration and distribution of Cr, Cu, Pb and Zn among the tissues of a freshwater fish, Clarias gariepinus exposed to combined (composite) tannery effluent was investigated at two sublethal concentrations (2 and 6%) in static bioassay for 8 weeks. The distribution of the four metals in fish was of the order of Pb > Cr > Cu > Zn and the accumulation was found to be dose- and time-dependent. The metal levels in the liver were significantly higher (P > 0.05) than other tissues. This was followed by the gill and the gut. Relatively low accumulation of these metals was found in muscle tissue.