Heavy metal baselines in cyprinidae of the Han River: a decade-long study on bioaccumulation trends and species-specific sensitivities

Jung, Hye-Ryeong; Lee, Je-Seung; Ahn, Mijin; Cha, Yeong-Seop; Han, Ihn-Sup

doi:10.1186/s12302-023-00816-2

Environmental Sciences Europe

Table 2 Comparison of HM concentrations (mg/kg) in the muscle of fish

From: Heavy metal baselines in cyprinidae of the Han River: a decade-long study on bioaccumulation trends and species-specific sensitivities

Species	Cu	Hg	Cd	Pb	Cr	References
Channa striata	0.33	NA	0.003	0.08	1.14	Pragnya et al. [32]
Triplophysa kashmirensis	0.734	NA	0.027	5.289	6.187	Rather et al. [35]
Carassius carassius	1.065	NA	0.032	6.852	7.343
Ten species of fish	0.45	NA	0.009	0.15	2.41	Zhong et al. [46]
Pelteobagrus fulvudraco	0.034	NA	0.028	0.052	0.048	Rajeshkumar and Li [34]
Carassius auratus	NA	0.231	0.003	0.196	NA	Li et al. [23]
Pelteobagrus fulvudraco	NA	0.213	0.023	0.249	NA
Hypohthalmichthys nobilis	NA	0.243	0.011	0.147	NA
Cyprinus carpio	ND	NA	0.021	0.177	ND	Qiao-Qiao et al. [33]
Carassius auratus	1.89	NA	0.013	0.287	0.387
Hypohthalmichthys molitrix	0.331	NA	0.003	0.179	ND
Aristichthys nobilis	0.228	NA	0.004	0.177	ND
Tilapia	8.73	NA	8.55	8.64	2.48	Kwok et al. [22]
Snakehead	3.54	NA	50.9	6.32	6.44
Cyprinus carpio	2.011	0.56	0.42	1.55	3.01	Siraj et al. [39]
Cyprinus carpio	NA	0.019	NA	NA	NA	Zhou et al. [47]
Four species of fish	NA	0.039	NA	NA	NA	Zupo et al. [48]
Cyprinus carpio	NA	0.179	NA	NA	NA	U.S. EPA [43]
Cyprinus carpio	0.59	0.024	0.004	0.014	NA	Kim et al. [20], in the Domestic
Freshwater eel	0.403	0.125	0.006	0.04	NA	Hong et al. [13], in the Domestic
Chinese muddy loach	1.16	0.015	0.004	0.166	NA
Far Eastern catfish	0.399	0.058	0.003	0.036	NA
Cyprinus carpio	0.507	0.033	0.002	0.113	0.178	Kim and Han [19], in the Domestic
Carassius carassius	0.484	0.03	0.002	0.063	0.152
Hemibarbus	0.678	0.081	0.001	0.007	0.249
Cyprinus carpio^a	0.877 (± 0.399)	0.06 (± 0.019)	0.003 (± 0.003)	0.032 (± 0.019)	0.178 (± 0.089)	This study^*
Carassius carassius^b	0.73 (± 0.204)	0.04 (± 0.009)	0.003 (± 0.003)	0.027 (± 0.016)	0.179 (± 0.095)
Hemibarbus^c	0.747 (± 0.318)	0.141 (± 0.026)	0.001 (± 0.002)	0.023 (± 0.014)	0.136 (± 0.039)

ND = Not detected; NA = Not available
^aScientific name of common carp
^bScientific name of crucian carp
^cScientific name of barbel steed
^*Average concentration (± 95% confidence interval)

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