Bioconcentration of lead in the tissues of feral and laboratory exposed Clarias gariepinus

Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 281-286

  Kudirat, Adeyemo Olanike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bioconcentration; Clarias gariepinus; Lead; Nigeria; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CATFISH; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART; LIVER; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 73449126251     PISSN: 16824474     EISSN: 18125727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jms.2008.281.286     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Antón, A., T. Serrano, E. Angulo, G. Ferrero and A. Rallo, 2000. The use of two species of crayfish as environmental quality sentinels: The relationship between heavy metals content, cell and tissue biomarkers and physico-chemical characteristics of the environment. Sci. Total Environ., 247 (2-3): 239-251.
2. CIESM., 2002. Metal and radionuclides bioaccumulation in marine organisms. CIESM Workshop Monographs No. 19. Monaco www.ciesm.org/publications/ Ancona02.pdf, pp: 128.
3. CSTEE., 2000. CSTEE opinion on the available scientific approaches to assess the potential effects and risk of chemicals on terrestrial ecosystems. DG SANCO, Brussels.
4. El-Shaikh, K., A.S. Nada and Z.A. Yousief, 2005. Assessment of cadmium and lead in water, sediment and different organs of Procambarus clarkii (GIRARD, 1852) in the River Nile. Med. J. Islamic World Acad. Sci., 15 (4): 161-167.
5. Fialkowski, W., E. Fialkowska, B.D. Smith and P.S. Rainbow, 2003. Biomonitoring survey of trace metal pollution in streams of a catchment draining a zinc and lead mining area of upper silesia, poland using the amphipod Gammarus fossarum. Int. Rev. Hydrobiol., 88 (2): 187-200.
6. Gbaruko, B.C. and O.U. Friday, 2007. Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in some fauna and flora. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol., 4 (2): 197-202.
7. Heath, A.G., 1991. Water Pollution and Fish Physiology. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, Florida, USA., pp: 359.
8. Koller, K., T. Brown, A. Spurgeon and L. Levy, 2004. Recent development in low level exposure and intellectual impairment in children. Environ. Health Persp., 112 (9): 987-994.
9. Mouneyrac, C., C. Amiard-Triquet, J.C. Amiard and P.S. Rainbow, 2001. Comparison of metallothionein concentrations and tissue distribution of trace metals in crabs (Pachygrapsus marmoratus) from a metal-rich estuary, in and out of the reproductive season. Comput. Biochem. Physiol., 129 (C): 193-209.
10. Nussey, G., J.H.J. Van Vuren and H.H. Du Preez, 2000. Bioaccumulation of chromium, manganese, nickel and lead in the tissues of the moggel, Labeo umbratus (Cyprinidae), from Witbank Dam, Mpumalanga. Water SA., 26 (2): 269-284.
11. Olaifa, F.E., A.K. Olaifa, A.A. Adelaja and A.G. Owolabi, 2004. Heavy metal contamination of Clarias gariepinus from a lake and fish farm in Ibadan, Nigeria. Afr. J. Biomed. Res., 7 (2): 145-148.
12. Rodriguez Moreno, P.A., D.A. Medesani and E.M. Rodriguez, 2003. Inhibition of molting by cadmium in the crab Chasmagnathus granulata (Decapoda Brachyura). Aquatcult. Toxicol., 64(2): 155-164.
13. USEPA., 1984. Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Lead. EPA 440/5-84-027, Office of Water, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington DC., pp: 81.
14. Van Loon, J.C., 1980. Analytical Atomic Spectroscopy-Selected Methods. Academic Press, New York, pp: 337.