Research Article
Levels of Organochlorine Pesticides in Brackish Water Fish from Niger River, Nigeria
Table 4
Chlordane levels in brackish fish µg/kg fresh weight (fw) (n=6).
| | Fish Species/No | γ-Chlordane | α-Chlordane | Heptachlor | Heptachlor epoxide | Methoxychlor |
| | Drapane Africana (n=6) | 87.68±16.32
(71.4104.0) | 123±50.30
(73.4-174.0) | 400.0±35.0
(365.0-435.0) | 71.1±22.5
(48.6-93.6) | 154±91.51
(62.9-246.0) | | Mochokus Niloticus (n=6) | 40.05±27.58
(13.6-95.3) | 33.55±30.26
(7.58-94.1) | 112.1±106.0
(BDL-235.0) | 98.8±71.6
(40.5-242.0) | 88.76±23.73
(46.7-118.0) | | Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus(n=6) | 60.16±26.85
(19.9-98.7) | 45.10±22.09
(13.8-78.3) | 145.0±39.3
(109.0-204.0) | 113.0±66.9
(13.0-175.0) | 77.87±31.42
(41.9-125.0) | | Pristipoma jubelini (n=6) | 9.14±3.11
(3.24-15.7) | 37.62±8.45
(24.8-40.6) | 120.0±45.23
(88.2-188.2) | 19.1±4.33
(24.8-40.6) | 107.0±34.2
(68.8-116.0) | | Vomer Septapinis (n=6) | 50.21±10.55
(23.83-65.08) | 59.60±25.31
(26.28-92.60) | 179.0±60.2
(108.0-330.0) | 70.92±25.35
(42.5-123) | 100. ±23.31
(70.32-156) | | Pseudotolithus senegalensis (n=6) | 40.59±16.76
(50.91-69.1) | 58.09±31.81
(35.3-44.4) | 137.0±29.5
(274.0-330.0) | 48.27±5.77
(12.3-150.0) | 76.03±5.72
(156.0-231.0) | | Mugil cephalus (n=6) | 43.77±14.59
(24.94-72.9) | 61.84±37.58
(25.7-61.8) | 262.0±108.0
(61.6-468.0) | 154.0±33.0
(111.0-197.0) | 107±47.47
(44.3-202.0) | | Pseudotolithus elongatus (n=6) | 40.23±19.31
(1.62-74.19) | 61.57±47.22
(13.8-156.0) | 254±197.0
(12.5-623.0) | 107±86.16
(1.80-201.0) | 142±87.47
(29.3-317.0) | | Lutjanus Goreensis (6) | 43.6±2.78
(40.9-45.2) | 61.5±6.40
(55.3-68.1) | 509.9±240.2
(244.3-809.5) | 123.7±96.4
(33.0-215.6) | 410.8±317.2
(73.8-430.9) | | Sphyraena piscatorum(6) | 38.3±1.28
(35.8-40.6) | 55.4±1.68
(50.1-62.6) | 410±150
(145.6-760.5) | 118.5±88.4
(25.7-209.5) | 390.2±218.4
(64.8-740.8) |
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