Cadmium and zinc in muscle of bluegill ( Lepomis macrochirus) and largemouth bass ( Micropterus salmoides) from an industrially contaminated lake

• Published in: Environmental pollution Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 253 - 257
• Main Authors: Murphy, Brian R., Atchison, Gary J., McIntosh, Alan W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.01.1978
• ISSN: 0013-9327
• DOI: 10.1016/0013-9327(78)90090-3

Cadmium and zinc analyses of 44 largemouth bass ( Micropterus salmoides) and 29 bluegill ( Lepomis macrochirus) indicate that fish in an ecosystem heavily contaminated by trace metals accumulate significantly more metal in edible muscle tissue than do fish in an uncontaminated ecosystem. Concentrati...