Metals in Fishes from Yongshu Island, Southern South China Sea: Human Health Risk Assessment
Table 3
Concentrations (mg/kg, dry weight) of metals and 207/206Pb and 208/206Pb in muscle, gill, liver, intestine, and ovary in three fish species (O. dia, M. vid, and L. kas).
Fish
Total length (cm)
Tissues
Metals (mg/kg)
207/206Pb
208/206Pb
Fe
Mn
Zn
Ni
Cu
Pb
Cd
Cr
Oxycheilinus diagrammus (O. dia)
Muscle
14.9
1.19
99.4
0.78
1.35
0.78
0.06
1.61
0.995
2.182
Gill
91.5
9.76
55.7
1.20
2.45
1.15
0.35
1.88
0.991
2.230
Liver
1405
3.40
48.8
0.50
12.8
0.28
8.12
1.72
0.986
2.216
Intestine
645
3.37
110
0.86
12.2
0.65
10.19
3.80
0.999
2.214
Melichthys vidua (M. vid)
Muscle
109
1.92
13.8
0.35
1.22
1.37
0.14
1.21
0.994
2.204
Gill
125
10.21
73.3
0.75
1.72
0.33
0.25
3.32
0.980
2.164
Liver
674
18.27
287
0.50
6.89
0.29
10.2
1.91
0.981
2.191
Intestine
250
51.83
1296
3.28
11.0
1.07
5.21
3.93
0.994
2.208
Ovary
119
11.83
399
1.04
3.94
0.22
0.60
4.13
1.000
2.219
Lutjanus kasmira (L. kas)
Muscle
75.9
1.01
17.5
0.30
1.05
1.77
0.03
2.01
0.990
2.208
Gill
534
8.95
54.6
0.34
1.33
3.36
0.10
2.11
0.987
2.197
Liver
659
5.34
358
1.12
12.6
2.10
7.81
4.87
0.998
2.207
Intestine
384
3.89
68.3
1.41
8.82
2.83
4.96
4.60
0.988
2.205
Ovary
242
2.29
432
0.40
3.98
1.56
0.49
1.60
0.984
2.202
Note. () The data relating to G. aur is set out in Table 2; and () the ovaries of female G. aur and O. dia were too small to obtain data.
