Cadmium bioaccumulation in three benthic fish species, Salaria basilisca,
Zosterisessor ophiocephalus and Solea vulgaris collected
from the Gulf of Gabes in Tunisia |
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Authors: | Sana BARHOUMI Imed MESSAOUDI Tmim DELI Khaled SAÏD Abdelhamid KERKENI |
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Institution: | Trace Elements, Free Radicals, Antioxidant Systems and Environment and Humain Pathology, Faculty of Medicine,
5000 Monastir, Tunisia. E-mail: sanabarhoumi20@yahoo.fr,UR 09/30: Genetic and Biodiversity, Institute of Biotechnology, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia,UR 09/30: Genetic and Biodiversity, Institute of Biotechnology, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia,UR 09/30: Genetic and Biodiversity, Institute of Biotechnology, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia and Trace Elements, Free Radicals, Antioxidant Systems and Environment and Humain Pathology, Faculty of Medicine,
5000 Monastir, Tunisia. |
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Abstract: | To select a marine teleost fish which can be used as a bioindicator of cadmium (Cd) pollution in the Gulf of Gabes in Tunisia, Cd concentrations in liver and gill were compared in three benthic fish species including Salaria basilisca, Zosterisessor ophiocephalus and Solea vulgaris. Fish samples were collected from three selected sites in the Gulf of Gabes, with different degrees of Cd contamination: the industrialized coast of Sfax (S1), the coast of Douar Chatt (S2) and the coast of Luza (S3). The results shows that Cd concentrations in both sediment and water collected from S1 were significantly higher (p < 0.0001) than those from S2 and S3. For each species, Cd concentrations, in both liver and gill, showed the decreasing order: S1 > S2 > S3. The highest concentration of Cd was detected in the liver of S. basilisca, and only S. basilisca showed bioaccumulation factors (BAF) greater than 1 in all studied sites. In S1 and S2, BAF values respect the following order: S. basilisca > Z. ophiocephalus > S. vulgaris. These results of significant bioaccumulation of Cd, in terms of hepatic concentrations and bioaccumulation factors, indicated that S. basilisca can be used as bioindicator to evaluate the evolution of Cd pollution in the Gulf of Gabes. |
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Keywords: | bioaccumulation cadmium Gulf of Gabes Salaria basilisca Solea vulgaris Zosterisessor ophiocephalus Tunisia |
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