Journal of Food Quality / 2023 / Article / Tab 4 / Research Article
Heavy Metals Concentration in Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792) from the Moroccan Mediterranean Coast and Potential Human Health Risk Assessment Table 4 Analysis of variance for the concentration of heavy metals in different organs of Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792) from the Mediterranean coast of Morocco.
df Mean squares F -value valueCadmium (µg/g ) Area 2 0.100 6.223 <0.01 Organ 2 2.134 133.210 <0.001 Season 3 0.468 29.219 <0.001 Area organ 4 0.076 3.737 0.002 Area season 6 0.064 3.972 <0.01 Organ season 6 0.221 13.803 <0.001 Area organ season 12 0.134 8.341 <0.001 Error 72 0.016 Mercury (µg/g ) Area 2 0.008 20212.19 <0.001 Organ 2 0.011 29315.735 <0.001 Season 3 0.008 21327.245 <0.001 Area organ 4 0.015 38860.560 <0.001 Area season 6 0.006 15549.203 <0.001 Organ season 6 0.002 5673.968 <0.001 Area organ season 12 0.004 11308.215 <0.001 Error 72 3.843E − 007 Lead (µg/g ) Area 2 0.001 5.035 <0.01 Organ 2 0.131 602.938 <0.001 Season 3 0.005 23.945 <0.001 Error 4 0.002 7.437 <0.001 Area organ 6 0.002 10.435 <0.001 Area season 6 0.004 18.324 <0.001 Organ season 12 0.002 11.201 <0.001 Area organ season 72 0.001 Arsenic (µg/g ) Area 2 34.337 44.914 <0.001 Organ 2 572.999 749.499 <0.001 Season 3 29.385 38.436 <0.001 Area organ 4 27.117 35.469 <0.001 Area season 6 20.860 27.286 <0.001 Organ season 6 24.985 32.680 <0.001 Area organ season 12 20.446 26.744 <0.001 Error 72 0.765
ww: wet weight; df : degrees of freedom.