Investigation of Metals in Tissues of Fish Species from Akyatan Lagoon

Turkmen, Mustafa/0000-0001-6700-5947; TEPE, Yalcin/0000-0002-8415-3754; Turkmen, Aysun/0000-0001-7461-4038; TEPE, Banu/0000-0002-3428-8167WOS: 000313458800016Heavy metal concentrations of Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Pb, Ni and Zn in muscles, livers, gonads and gills of flathead mullet (Mugil cephalus L., 1758), golden grey mullet (Liza aurata Risso, 1810), leaping mullet (Liza saliens Risso, 1810), keeled mullet (Liza carinata Valenciennes, 1836), gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L., 1758), European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax L., 1758), and European eel (Anguilla anguilla L., 1758) from Akyatan Lagoon were monitored. The heavy metal levels found in tissues varied for Cd: 0.04-0.27, Co: 0.04-1.89, Cr: 0.29-2.01, Cu: 0.30-29.7, Fe: 34.9-1.80, Mn: 0.42-7.11, Ni:0.43-2.03, Pb: 0.23-3.58 and Zn: 7.16-68.5 mg/kg wet weight. The values of all metals in muscles of the analyzed fish were found to be below the established limit values. Consequently, it might be concluded that these metals in the edible parts of the examined species should not pose any public health problems.Scientific & Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)Turkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu (TUBITAK) [106Y024]The authors would like to thank The Scientific & Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) for its financial support (Project No: 106Y024). Thanks are also Kamil Yerdogan and Esra Asian who are experts in Food Quality Control Laboratory of Hatay, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, for their kind assistance in the microwave extraction and in the chemical analysis by ICP-OES