Mineral Element Contents in Commercially Valuable Fish Species in Spain

Table 4

Concentration of metals (mg g⁻¹ and μg g⁻¹ wet weight) in fish species studied average concentrations ± standard deviation.

Element	Total	T. trachurus	T. mediterraneus	T. picturatus	One-way 𝐹 value
Ca (mg g^−1)	1.1533±0.430	1.137±0.063	0.879±0.346	1.594±0.785	14.84*
Mg (mg g^−1)	0.325±0.134	0.305±0.066	0.241±0.038	0.489±0.226	23.73*
Na (mg g^−1)	1.481±1.477	1.282±0.647	0.602±0.075	3.195±2.798	19.27*
K (mg g^−1)	3.570±0.994	3.314±0.273	3.117±0.626	4.761±1.786	18.56*
Cu (μg g^−1)	0.819±0.724	0.509±0.190	0.586±0.220	1.788±1.253	28.66*
Fe (μg g^−1)	7.575±5.225	4.485±0.749	7.064±6.028	14.523±2.928	34.31*
Mn (μg/g)	0.129±0.081	0.088±0.384	0.168±0.107	0.154±0.114	6.364*
Zn (μg g^−1)	13.855±8.399	11.518±1.376	10.656±3.419	23.327±17.416	14.65*
Cr (μg g^−1)	0.108±0.052	0.126±0.045	0.092±0.053	0.093±0.089	2.664
Sn (μg g^−1)	0.047±0.015	0.043±0.013	0.057±0.019	0.042±0.007	5.749*
Al (μg g^−1)	4.314±5.317	2.408±1.600	5.857±8.357	5.813±7.260	2.748
As (μg g^−1)	0.034±0.016	0.032±0.014	0.043±0.023	0.025±0.0002	5.444
Cd (μg g^−1)	0.238±0.042	0.253±0.056	0.141±0.042	0.321±0.073	10.84*
Hg (μg g^−1)	0.212±0.914	0.146±0.097	0.204±0.043	0.286±0.05	10.09*
Pb (μg g^−1)	0.817±0.125	0.672±0.143	0.814±0.120	0.967±0.135	10.83*
Ni (μg g^−1)	0.150±0.153	0.193±0.200	0.087±0.066	0.155±0.202	2.386

 *𝑃<0.05.