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Research Paper | Environmental Biology | India | Volume 13 Issue 9, September 2024 | Popularity: 5.3 / 10
Assessment of Lead Content in Water, Sediment and Muscle of the Fish (Mystus gulio) of Hooghly River Downstream from Batanagar to Birlapore, South 24 Parganas
Dr. Mayukhmala Mandal
Abstract: The present study was attempted to analysis the concentration of lead (Pb) in water, sediment and muscles of fish specimen, Mystus gulio Ham. Buch. inhabited in the river Hooghly downstream near Batanagar, Budge Budge and Birlapur, as middle stretch of West Bengal. The concentration of Pb was estimated in water, sediment, and muscles of studied fish specimen by using atomic absorption spectrophotometer. The results indicated that the value of metal Pb as <0.1mg/L in water, varied between 4.62 to 14.69 (mg/Kg) in the sediment and 3.58 to 23.41 (mg/Kg) in the muscle of fish specimens in which water is observed within the limit but sediment and muscle exceeded the limit of international standards. Interestingly, bioaccumulation factor was within the category of <1000 as no probability of accumulation. It is suggested the continuous biomonitoring and bioaccumulation study with other heavy metals to know the health status of other inhabited fish species in the study sites of river Hooghly. It should also require to further study the synergistic effect of Pb when present with other heavy metals.
Keywords: Bioaccumulation, Mystus gulio, Muscle tissue, Pb content, Riverine fish
Edition: Volume 13 Issue 9, September 2024
Pages: 239 - 243
DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.21275/SR24830082150
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