1Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science, Omar Al-Mukhtar University, Libya
2Department of marine science, Faculty of Science, Omar Al-Mukhtar University, Libya
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@article{IK.IJMS67588, author = {Mohammad El-Mabrok and Eman Alfergani and Najlaa F. Mohammed and Yahya A. Mohammed and Aya I. Muhammad and Mariam A. Majeed}, title = {Evaluation of Lead and Cadmium Concentrations in The Muscles of Four Fish Species from Ain Al-Ghazala Lagoon, Libya}, journal = {ILMU KELAUTAN: Indonesian Journal of Marine Sciences}, volume = {30}, number = {1}, year = {2025}, keywords = {accumulation; Metals; Fish; Ain El Ghazala lagoon; Libya}, abstract = { Evaluation of lead and cadmium concentrations in the muscles of four fish species: Trigla lucerna, Lithognathus mormyrus, Siganus rivulatus, Liza saliens, collected from Ain AL-Ghazala Lagoon, eastern Libya, during the summer of 2022, were analyzed by Atomic absorption spectrophotometer. The results indicated that the concentration of lead was ranged from 0.1485 ±0. 0278 ppm in L. mormyrus to 0.2533±0.0044 ppm in L. saliens . The cadmium accumulation was ranged from 0.0004±0.000 to 0.0026±0.000 ppm in L. saliens, T. lucerna respectively. There was a significant positive correlation between the condition factor and the concentration of lead and cadmium in L. saliens and cadmium in T. lucerna. And there was a negative significant correlation between lead and cadmium in T. lucerna, while S. rivulatus and L.saliens recorded a positive significant correlation. We found a positive significant relationship between fish length and metals only in S. rivulatus (Cd; R 2 :0.76, Pb; R 2 : 0.56) and a negative significant relationship between length and cadmium in L. saliens (R 2 :-0.69). The estimated daily intake results for lead and cadmium ranged between 0.1056 mg.day -1 to 0.1802 mg.day -1 and 0.0002 mg.day -1 to 0.00187 mg.day -1 . The mean of target hazard quotients and total target hazard quotient are below 1.00, so no adverse health effects are expected. }, issn = {2406-7598}, pages = {126--134} doi = {10.14710/ik.ijms.30.1.126-134}, url = {https://ejournal.undip.ac.id/index.php/ijms/article/view/67588} }
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Evaluation of lead and cadmium concentrations in the muscles of four fish species: Trigla lucerna, Lithognathus mormyrus, Siganus rivulatus, Liza saliens, collected from Ain AL-Ghazala Lagoon, eastern Libya, during the summer of 2022, were analyzed by Atomic absorption spectrophotometer. The results indicated that the concentration of lead was ranged from 0.1485±0.0278 ppm in L. mormyrus to 0.2533±0.0044 ppm in L. saliens. The cadmium accumulation was ranged from 0.0004±0.000 to 0.0026±0.000 ppm in L. saliens, T. lucerna respectively. There was a significant positive correlation between the condition factor and the concentration of lead and cadmium in L. saliens and cadmium in T. lucerna. And there was a negative significant correlation between lead and cadmium in T. lucerna, while S. rivulatus and L.saliens recorded a positive significant correlation. We found a positive significant relationship between fish length and metals only in S. rivulatus (Cd; R2:0.76, Pb; R2: 0.56) and a negative significant relationship between length and cadmium in L. saliens (R2:-0.69). The estimated daily intake results for lead and cadmium ranged between 0.1056 mg.day-1 to 0.1802 mg.day-1 and 0.0002 mg.day-1 to 0.00187 mg.day-1. The mean of target hazard quotients and total target hazard quotient are below 1.00, so no adverse health effects are expected.
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