Research Article
Levels of Organochlorine Pesticides in Brackish Water Fish from Niger River, Nigeria
Table 7
Sum of organochlorine pesticides concentrations (µg/kg fresh weight) in brackish water fish.
| | Fish Species/No | ∑HCH | ∑Chlordane | ∑Endrin | ∑Endosulfan | ∑DDT | ∑Dieldrin | ∑OCPs |
| | Drapane Africana (n=6) | 357.0±82.5
275.0-671.0 | 836.3±215.3
621.4-1052 | 461.1±210.4
251.0-671.3 | 794.5±383.2
412.3-1177 | 1561±1271
291.6-2832 | 284.2±103.2
181.2-387.5 | 4302±2066
2237-6368 | | Mochokus Niloticus (n=6) | 158.0±128.0
29.3-416.0 | 350.5±241.3
83.7-751.3 | 448.5±360.3
38.0-1169 | 418.3±360.9
96.1-1139 | 927.3±762.1
24.4-1949 | 170.2±122.5
22.63-409.0 | 2590±1363
2006-3421 | | Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (n=6) | 277.0±126.0
155.0-467.0 | 407.3±63.8
317.2-503.6 | 592.1±263.8
197.2-866.5 | 336.2±190.2
124.0-621.3 | 358.2±188.2
188.3-641.4 | 195.0±88.6
63.2-328.9 | 2320±876.4
1006-3288 | | Pristipoma jubelini (n=6) | 107.3±34.2
68.9-116.0 | 293.4±88.3
212.4-324.6 | 1757±211.8
1578-1903 | 96.1±32.4
56.3-112.6 | 250.3±67.6
187.3-269.4 | 64.7±43.2
48.4-99.6 | 2610±233.6
1978-3234 | | Vomer Septapinis (n=6) | 259.8±88.5
131.0-397.0 | 442.3±116.2
314.2-704 | 443.9±187.6
124.6-801.2 | 660.2±359.1
51.5-1104 | 639.6±496.3
148.4-1864 | 217.3±73.0
69.1-334.0 | 2681±655.4
1440-4140 | | Pseudotolithus senegalensis (n=6) | 226.0±95.5
167.0-330.0 | 360.1±7.50
704.2-759.5 | 419.2±125.6
394.2-801.3 | 577.2±526.3
238.3-371.2 | 1077±786.5
148.0-4031 | 126.0±57.4
229.1-335.0 | 2790±1350
2421-2490 | | Mugil cephalus (6) | 393.0±159.0
181.0-712.0 | 614.3±73.5
51.2-737.2 | 564.3±378.2
134.7-1321 | 331.7±153.2
95.4-571.0 | 690.2±362.5
168.0-1078 | 346.2±78.0
205.2-473.2 | 2942±723.0
2027-3858 | | Pseudotolithus elongatus (n=6) | 311.0±216.0
33.0-809.0 | 603.2±213.1
46.8-866.1 | 528.2±123.8
300.2-743.2 | 617.3±412.2
96.3-1356 | 1189±602.1
295.3-2355 | 258.4±176.3
26.49-510 | 3451±1456
1921-5948 | | Lutjanus goreensis (n=6) | 321.8±86.5
248.0-431.2 | 1116±820.5
750.8-2186 | 420.4±231.3
286.2-580.2 | 450.3±180.2
261.1-530.2 | 360.3±99.2
260.8-390.5 | 460.8±35.0
410.8-520.1 | 3148±1126
1196-4180 | | Sphyraena piscatorum (n=6) | 300.9±78.6
230.6-420.4 | 930.2±420.4
330.1-1920 | 399.2±140.1
230.8-490.2 | 410.6±120.3
230.1-515.4 | 318.3±68.2
250.3-350.5 | 420.8±22.6
390.8-450.4 | 3000±950.3
1345-3948 |
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