Mercury contamination in commercial fresh and salt water fish of the Zabol Chahnimeh reservoirs and the Gulf of Oman (Iran)

• Published in: Food additives & contaminants Part B, Surveillance communications Vol. 6; no. 3; pp. 175 - 180
• Main Authors: Behrooz, Reza Dahmardeh, Sahebi, Sajedeh, Majnoni, Farshid, Ahmadpour, Mohsen, Hoseini, Seyed Hamid
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Taylor & Francis 01.09.2013; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Animals; bioaccumulation; Biological and medical sciences; Carangoides; Carp; Carps - growth & development; Carps - metabolism; coastal water; Ctenopharyngodon idella; ecosystems; fish; Fish and seafood industries; Fishes - growth & development; Fishes - metabolism; Food Contamination; Food industries; Food Inspection; Fresh Water; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gills - chemistry; Gills - growth & development; Gills - metabolism; Guideline Adherence; Gulf of Oman; Health Policy; Health Promotion; Humans; Hypophthalmichthys molitrix; Indian Ocean; Iran; marine fish; Mercury; Mercury - analysis; Mercury - metabolism; Muscle, Skeletal - chemistry; Muscle, Skeletal - growth & development; Muscle, Skeletal - metabolism; Nonnative species; Otolithes ruber; Perciformes - growth & development; Perciformes - metabolism; Seafood - analysis; Seafood - standards; United States; United States Environmental Protection Agency; United States Food and Drug Administration; Vegetables; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Water Pollutants, Chemical - metabolism; Weight Gain; World Health Organization; Zabol Chahnimeh reservoirs; Iran; Asia; Oman; Indian Ocean; United States; Ankara Turkey; Edible fish; Iran; Gulf of Oman; Fresh water; fish; Reservoir; Mercury; Contamination; Salted fish; Zabol Chahnimeh reservoirs; Heavy metal; mercury
• ISSN: 1939-3229; 1939-3210; 1939-3229
• DOI: 10.1080/19393210.2013.779322

In order to investigate bioaccumulation of mercury in Iranian coastal waters fish, tiger tooth croaker (Otolithes ruber) and yellowspotted trevally (Carangoides fulvoguttatus) from the Gulf of Oman and grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) and silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) from Zabol Chahnimeh reservoirs were sampled in May 2012. In these ecosystems, total mercury concentrations were measured in muscle and gill of these four fish species. Both regions did not reveal a significant difference. In H. molitrix and O. ruber, mercury concentrations in gill increased with increasing length (H. molitrix, r = 0.94, p < 0.005; O. ruber, r = 0.94, p > 0.005) and weight (H. molitrix, r = 0.94, p < 0.005; O. ruber, r = 0.82, p > 0.04). Generally, mercury levels in the analysed fish samples were higher than WHO, FDA and US-EPA legal limits.