Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals in Water, Sediments, and Tissues and Their Histopathological Effects on<i> Anodonta cygnea</i> (Linea, 1876) in Kabul River, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

<div>Mean concentration of metals (<svg height="9.39034pt" id="M9" style="vertical-align:-3.42943pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -5.96091 7.34167 9.39034" width="7.34167pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M538 96L524 119C492 88 454 63 446 63C439 63 434 70 440 101C463 223 491 341 518 448H508L433 422L401 276C355 192 240 56 188 56C163 56 154 89 163 133C184 233 207 338 235 443L230 448L152 424L58 17C40 -60 23 -143 23 -185C23 -241 42 -261 63 -261C92 -261 117 -241 125 -227L124 -221C109 -209 89 -165 89 -103C89 -55 96 -13 105 26H107C121 -3 134 -12 151 -12C172 -12 194 -5 221 16C279 61 330 124 384 194H386C381 159 377 141 368 105C343 3 363 -12 383 -12C416 -12 486 35 538 96Z" id="g113-234"></path></g></svg>g/l) in water from Michini Bridge below Warsak Dam (reference site/site 1), Sardaryab, Amangarh, and Pir Sabaq (polluted sites 2, 3, and 4) of River Kabul receiving industrial effluents and city sewages and permissible limits of these metals according to NEQS.</div>

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Table 3: Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals in Water, Sediments, and Tissues and Their Histopathological Effects on<i> Anodonta cygnea</i> (Linea, 1876) in Kabul River, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan 

Table 3 | Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals in Water, Sediments, and Tissues and Their Histopathological Effects on Anodonta cygnea (Linea, 1876) in Kabul River, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan 