Table 3 Heavy metal concentrations and MPI in liver during winter and summer seasons, 2019
Seasons | Sites | Fe (mg/kg dry weight) | Cu (mg/kg dry weight) | Zn (mg/kg dry weight) | Cd (mg/kg dry weight) | Pb (mg/kg dry weight) | Ni (mg/kg dry weight) | MPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Winter | Western sector | 353.73±5.40 | 23.44±3.00 | 30.99±10.77 | 0.13±0.02 | 0.28±0.11 | 3.01±0.18 | 5.52 |
Northern sector | 341.90±7.50 | 25.65±5.44 | 45.16±9.86 | 0.16±0.02 | 0.47±0.15 | 3.86±0.17 | 6.97 | |
Southern sector | 618.05±11.81 | 45.62±5.10 | 72.93±9.92 | 0.27±0.05 | 0.85±0.05 | 4.94±0.17 | 11.52 | |
Eastern sector | 504.13±18.40 | 58.65±4.78 | 94.86±9.96 | 0.38±0.04 | 1.06±0.27 | 6.08±0.45 | 13.79 | |
Mean | 454.45±119.57 | 38.34±15.73 | 60.98±27.21 | 0.24±0.11 | 0.66±0.35 | 4.47±1.23 | 9.45 | |
A | B | A | A | A | A | |||
Summer | Western sector | 348.84±4.04 | 49.97±0.63 | 56.98±4.49 | 0.17±0.01 | 0.31±0.07 | 2.93±0.33 | 7.32 |
Northern sector | 359.03±5.13 | 54.20±0.70 | 62.88±11.40 | 0.23±0.04 | 0.65±0.15 | 3.46±0.26 | 9.27 | |
Southern sector | 496.13±12.33 | 80.18±0.38 | 84.69±4.19 | 0.43±0.03 | 1.26±0.08 | 5.39±0.21 | 14.64 | |
Eastern sector | 672.92±14.63 | 67.82±0.61 | 104.23±8.33 | 0.58±0.01 | 1.41±0.12 | 5.91±0. 21 | 16.86 | |
Mean | 469.23±137.30 | 63.04±12.43 | 77.20±20.62 | 0.35±0.17 | 0.91±0.48 | 4.42±1.33 | 12.02 | |
A | A | A | A | A | A | |||
All over mean | Western sector | 351.29±5.04 | 36.71±14.66 | 43.99±16.04 | 0.15±0.02 | 0.30±0.08 | 2.97±0.24 |  |
b | b | c | c | c | d | |||
Northern sector | 350.47±11.00 | 39.93±16.02 | 54.02±13.60 | 0.20±0.05 | 0.56±0.17 | 3.66±0.29 | ||
b | b | c | c | b | c | |||
Southern sector | 557.09±67.65 | 62.90±19.20 | 78.81±9.37 | 0.35±0.09 | 1.05±0.23 | 5.17±0.30 | ||
a | a | b | b | a | b | |||
Eastern sector | 588.53±93.64 | 63.24±5.88 | 99.55±9.68 | 0.48±0.11 | 1.23±0.27 | 6.00±0.32 | ||
a | a | a | a | a | a |