Research Article
Pollution Problem in River Kabul: Accumulation Estimates of Heavy Metals in Native Fish Species
Table 3
Heavy metals concentrations
g/g in liver samples of edible fish species of River Kabul.
| Fish | Metals | Sample number | Mean | Standard deviation | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Wallago attu | Zinc | 385 | 618 | 526 | 509.7 | 509.7 ± 95.8 | Nickel | 80 | 125 | 119 | 108.0 | 108.0 ± 19.9 | Chromium | 731 | 559 | 249 | 513.0 | 513.0 ± 159.7 | Copper | 133 | 126 | 149 | 136.0 | 136.0 ± 9.6 | Cadmium | 72 | 67 | 54 | 64.3 | 64.3 ± 7.6 | Lead | 723 | 901 | 246 | 623.3 | 623.3 ± 276.5 |
| Aorichthys seenghala | Zinc | 4553 | 1333 | 953 | 2279.7 | 2279.7 ± 1614.9 | Nickel | 112 | 136 | 105 | 117.7 | 117.7 ± 13.3 | Chromium | 598 | 827 | 432 | 619.0 | 619.0 ± 161.9 | Copper | 231 | 211 | 220 | 220.7 | 220.7 ± 8.2 | Cadmium | 59 | 84 | 51 | 64.7 | 64.7 ± 14.0 | Lead | 120 | 374 | 226 | 240.0 | 240.0 ± 104.2 |
| Cyprinus carpio | Zinc | 3487 | 2797 | 3673 | 3319.0 | 3319.0 ± 376.8 | Nickel | 102 | 64 | 74 | 80.0 | 80.0 ± 16.1 | Chromium | 462 | 573 | 446 | 493.7 | 493.7 ± 56.5 | Copper | 371 | 398 | 401 | 390.0 | 390.0 ± 13.5 | Cadmium | 57 | 62 | 55 | 58.0 | 58.0 ± 2.9 | Lead | 174 | 352 | 258 | 261.3 | 261.3 ± 72.7 |
| Labeo dyocheilus | Zinc | 842 | 602 | 2083 | 1175.7 | 1175.7 ± 649.0 | Nickel | 121 | 132 | 82 | 111.7 | 111.7 ± 21.4 | Chromium | 658 | 715 | 558 | 643.7 | 643.7 ± 64.9 | Copper | 1143 | 1167 | 2622 | 1644.0 | 1644.0 ± 691.6 | Cadmium | 74 | 84 | 59 | 72.3 | 72.3 ± 10.3 | Lead | 797 | 221 | 113 | 377.0 | 377.0 ± 300.2 |
| Ompok bimaculatus | Zinc | 710 | 1083 | 787 | 860.0 | 860.0 ± 160.8 | Nickel | 43 | 194 | 64 | 100.3 | 100.3 ± 66.8 | Chromium | 545 | 928 | 539 | 670.7 | 670.7 ± 182.0 | Copper | 42 | 290 | 160 | 164.0 | 164.0 ± 101.3 | Cadmium | 269 | 92 | 54 | 138.3 | 138.3 ± 93.7 | Lead | 3545 | 141 | 484 | 1390.0 | 1390.0 ± 1530.2 |
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