COPPER, ZINC, MANGANESE, IRON, LEAD, CADMIUM, MERCURY AND ARSENIC IN FISH FROM LAKE TANGANYIKA, BURUNDI

Authors
SINDAYIGAYA E VANCAUWENBERGH R ROBBERECHT H DEELSTRA H
Citation
E. Sindayigaya et al., COPPER, ZINC, MANGANESE, IRON, LEAD, CADMIUM, MERCURY AND ARSENIC IN FISH FROM LAKE TANGANYIKA, BURUNDI, Science of the total environment, 144, 1994, pp. 103-115
Citations number
78
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Science of the total environment → ACNP
ISSN journal
00489697
Volume
144
Year of publication
1994
Pages
103 - 115
Database
ISI
SICI code
0048-9697(1994)144:<103:CZMILC>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Atomic absorption spectrometric determination of copper, zinc, mangane se, iron, lead, cadmium, mercury and arsenic in two fish species from Lake Tanganyika, Burundi, provide values that are lower than most lite rature data, especially for cadmium, arsenic and mercury. Tissue analy sis of Lates stapersii reveals that liver accumulates the highest amou nt of most elements. The data illustrates that Lake Tanganyika is stil l a non-polluted area at the time of analysis.