Heavy Metal Concentrations in Water, Sediments and Body Tissues of Red Worm (Tubifex spp.) Collected from Natural Habitats in Mumbai, India |
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Authors: | Ravendra Kumar Singh Sugandha L Chavan Pravin H Sapkale |
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Institution: | (1) Taraporevala Marine Biological Research Station, New Administrative Building, Third Floor, Government Colony, Bandra (E), Mumbai, 400051, India |
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Abstract: | Live feeds, especially Tubifex spp., which are collected from a wide variety of polluted habitats, are used by aquarium fish keepers in India. These habitats
receive domestic sewage and industrial wastes from nearby residential and industrial areas. Reports of morbidity and mortality
from aquarium fish culturists in and around Mumbai led to the present investigations on the ecology of these habitats with
a view to assess the water quality, presence of heavy metals in the environment and their bioaccumulation in Tubifex worms, and to examine whether these habitats could be exploited to meet the demand of the industry. Six natural red worm
(Tubifex spp.) collection centres in Mumbai and Thane districts of Maharashtra state in India constituting a major source of live
Tubifex supply to aquarium fish industry were evaluated for pollution, heavy metal concentration in water, sediments and in the body
tissues of Tubifex. Data revealed the presence of heavy metals in water and sediments at collection sites and bioaccumulation of cadmium, iron,
lead, zinc and copper in body tissues of Tubifex worms. Cadmium ranged from 2.38 to 7.21 mg/kg, iron 671.9 to 5738 mg/kg, lead 14.95 to 33.49 mg/kg, zinc 60.20 to 166.60 mg/kg
and copper 29.38 to 108.90 mg/kg of dry Tubifex worms. The study suggests that all the six collection sites are polluted and the red worms contaminated with heavy metals
and hence, unfit for use in aquaria or feeding any variety of fish or crustaceans in the hatcheries. |
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Keywords: | Tubifex Water quality Heavy metals Sediment Body tissues Bioaccumulation |
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