Concentrations of trace elements in marine fish and its risk assessment in Malaysia
Concentrations of trace elements (V, Cr, Mn, Co, Cu, Zn, Ga, Se, Rb, Sr, Mo, Ag, Cd, Sn, Sb, Cs, Ba, Hg, Tl, Pb and Bi) were determined in muscle and liver of 12 species of marine fish collected from coastal areas in Malaysia. Levels of V, Cr, Mn, Co, Cu, Zn, Ga, Sr, Mo, Ag, Cd, Sn, Ba and Pb in liv...
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| author | Agusa, Tetsuro Kunito, Takashi Yasunaga, Genta Iwata, Hisato Subramanian, Annamalai Ismail, Ahmad Tanabe, Shinsuke |
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| description | Concentrations of trace elements (V, Cr, Mn, Co, Cu, Zn, Ga, Se, Rb, Sr, Mo, Ag, Cd, Sn, Sb, Cs, Ba, Hg, Tl, Pb and Bi) were determined in muscle and liver of 12 species of marine fish collected from coastal areas in Malaysia. Levels of V, Cr, Mn, Co, Cu, Zn, Ga, Sr, Mo, Ag, Cd, Sn, Ba and Pb in liver were higher than those in muscle, whereas Rb and Cs concentrations showed the opposite trend. Positive correlations between concentrations in liver and muscle were observed for all the trace elements except Cu and Sn. Copper, Zn, Se, Ag, Cd, Cs and Hg concentrations in bigeye scads from the east coast of the Peninsular Malaysia were higher than those from the west, whereas V showed the opposite trend. The high concentration of V in the west coast might indicate oil contamination in the Strait of Malacca. To evaluate the health risk to Malaysian population through consumption of fish, intake rates of trace elements were estimated on the basis of the concentrations of trace elements in muscle of fish and daily fish consumption. Some specimens of the marine fish had Hg levels higher than the guideline value by US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), indicating that consumption of these fish at the present rate may be hazardous to Malaysian people. To our knowledge, this is the first study on multielemental accumulation in marine fish from the Malaysian coast. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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| spelling | upm-185682015-12-09T03:42:19Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/18568/ Concentrations of trace elements in marine fish and its risk assessment in Malaysia Agusa, Tetsuro Kunito, Takashi Yasunaga, Genta Iwata, Hisato Subramanian, Annamalai Ismail, Ahmad Tanabe, Shinsuke Concentrations of trace elements (V, Cr, Mn, Co, Cu, Zn, Ga, Se, Rb, Sr, Mo, Ag, Cd, Sn, Sb, Cs, Ba, Hg, Tl, Pb and Bi) were determined in muscle and liver of 12 species of marine fish collected from coastal areas in Malaysia. Levels of V, Cr, Mn, Co, Cu, Zn, Ga, Sr, Mo, Ag, Cd, Sn, Ba and Pb in liver were higher than those in muscle, whereas Rb and Cs concentrations showed the opposite trend. Positive correlations between concentrations in liver and muscle were observed for all the trace elements except Cu and Sn. Copper, Zn, Se, Ag, Cd, Cs and Hg concentrations in bigeye scads from the east coast of the Peninsular Malaysia were higher than those from the west, whereas V showed the opposite trend. The high concentration of V in the west coast might indicate oil contamination in the Strait of Malacca. To evaluate the health risk to Malaysian population through consumption of fish, intake rates of trace elements were estimated on the basis of the concentrations of trace elements in muscle of fish and daily fish consumption. Some specimens of the marine fish had Hg levels higher than the guideline value by US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), indicating that consumption of these fish at the present rate may be hazardous to Malaysian people. To our knowledge, this is the first study on multielemental accumulation in marine fish from the Malaysian coast. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Elsevier 2005 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/18568/1/Concentrations%20of%20trace%20elements%20in%20marine%20fish%20and%20its%20risk%20assessment%20in%20Malaysia.pdf Agusa, Tetsuro and Kunito, Takashi and Yasunaga, Genta and Iwata, Hisato and Subramanian, Annamalai and Ismail, Ahmad and Tanabe, Shinsuke (2005) Concentrations of trace elements in marine fish and its risk assessment in Malaysia. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 51 (8-12). pp. 896-911. ISSN 0025-326X http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.06.007 Marine fishes - Malaysia Fishes - Effect of heavy metals on - Malaysia Pollution - Risk assessment - Malaysia doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.06.007 English |
| spellingShingle | Marine fishes - Malaysia Fishes - Effect of heavy metals on - Malaysia Pollution - Risk assessment - Malaysia Agusa, Tetsuro Kunito, Takashi Yasunaga, Genta Iwata, Hisato Subramanian, Annamalai Ismail, Ahmad Tanabe, Shinsuke Concentrations of trace elements in marine fish and its risk assessment in Malaysia |
| title | Concentrations of trace elements in marine fish and its risk assessment in Malaysia |
| title_full | Concentrations of trace elements in marine fish and its risk assessment in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Concentrations of trace elements in marine fish and its risk assessment in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Concentrations of trace elements in marine fish and its risk assessment in Malaysia |
| title_short | Concentrations of trace elements in marine fish and its risk assessment in Malaysia |
| title_sort | concentrations of trace elements in marine fish and its risk assessment in malaysia |
| topic | Marine fishes - Malaysia Fishes - Effect of heavy metals on - Malaysia Pollution - Risk assessment - Malaysia |
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