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