Beta
1857

COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE LEVELS OF HEAVY METALS IN THE BITTER LAKES AND LAKE TIMSAH, (SUEZ CANAL) IN RELATION TO THE REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE OF THE RABBIT FISH SIGANUS RIVULA TUS.

Article

Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

Subjects

-

Tags

Fisheries

Abstract

The concentrations of Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd, Fe, Mn, Cr, Ni and Co in muscles, liver and gonads of the marine rabbit fish Siganus rivulaivs from the Bitter lakes and lake Timsah, (Suez Canal) were investigated seasonally, over the course of one year (November 2002 - August 2003). Muscles recorded the lowest concentrations of metals than other organs which ranged between 0.22-0.76 and 0.27 - 1.23, 1.95 - 3.67 and 3.01 -5.08, 0.09 -0.43 and 0.24 -0.51, 0.04 -0.16 and 0.11 -0.37, 4.32 -5.66 and 5.01 - 10.33, 0.12 - 0.29 and 0.26 - 1.35,0.06 - 0.09 and 0.05 - 0.16, 0.02 - 0.39 and 0.03 - 0.51 and 0.05 - 0.24 and 0.06 - 0.31 jig/g wet weight for Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd, Fe, Mn, Cr, Ni and Co in Bitter lakes and lake Timsah, respectively. The highest concentrations of all studied metals were found in gonads. Variation of metals in fish muscles through different seasons indicated that the most studied metals exhibited their highest value during the hot seasons (spring & summer). Gonadosomatic index (GSI) and its relationship with metal accumulation was calculated for the studied fish. By using seasonal changes in the values of gonadosomatic index, it was found that their spawning season is during spring.

DOI

10.21608/ejabf.2006.1857

Keywords

Heavy metals, Sigcmus rivulatus, reproductive cycle, Bitter Lakes, Lake Timsah, Suez Canal

Authors

First Name

Magdy

Last Name

EL-Halfawy

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Suez, Egypt

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Waheed

Last Name

Mahmoud

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Suez, Egypt

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Ami

Last Name

Ramadan

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Suez, Egypt

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Yousry

Last Name

Soliman

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Suez, Egypt

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

10

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

396

Issue Date

2006-04-01

Receive Date

2017-03-30

Publish Date

2006-04-01

Page Start

179

Page End

193

Print ISSN

1110-6131

Online ISSN

2536-9814

Link

https://ejabf.journals.ekb.eg/article_1857.html

Detail API

https://ejabf.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=1857

Order

9

Type

Original Article

Type Code

103

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries

Publication Link

https://ejabf.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE LEVELS OF HEAVY METALS IN THE BITTER LAKES AND LAKE TIMSAH, (SUEZ CANAL) IN RELATION TO THE REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE OF THE RABBIT FISH SIGANUS RIVULA TUS.

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023