Beta
18364

Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in some Fishes from Jizan Area, Southern Red Sea

Article

Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

Three fish species were collected from Jizan area, Southern Red Sea, Saudi Arabia. These were Safi, Beda and Parrot. They were subjected to study the presence of chlorinated hydrocarbons in liver, muscle, gill, gut and kidney tissues of these species. Chlorinated pesticides and PCBs were examined y GC and GC-MS and quantification was achieved. The results showed the presence of these chemicals in studied species indicating minimum of 0.6 ng g dry wt to a maximum of 436 ng g dry wt. The highest level of chlorinated hydrocarbons was found in liver followed by kidney and gut tissues, while the lowest was found in muscle and gill tissues. The results revealed a certain degree of pollution which can be a risk to human and marine organisms. It is necessary to point out that this is the first attempt to measure the levels of chlorinated hydrocarbons in Red Sea fishes, therefore similar studies in Red Sea environment should be carried out in the near future in order to confirm the present results and to identify the sources of such contamination.

Keywords

Fish-Red Sea-Pesticides-PCBs-Residues-Organs

Authors

First Name

Mohammed

Last Name

Al-Mohanna

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Meteorology, Environment & Arid Land Agriculture, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah

Email

drmalmohanna@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

14

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

3833

Issue Date

2015-11-01

Receive Date

2018-11-05

Publish Date

2015-11-01

Page Start

1

Page End

4

Print ISSN

1687-5052

Online ISSN

2090-2786

Link

https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18364.html

Detail API

https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=18364

Order

1

Type

Original Article

Type Code

644

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Catrina: The International Journal of Environmental Sciences

Publication Link

https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in some Fishes from Jizan Area, Southern Red Sea

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023