Vijayakumar Balamanikandan, Rajendran Shalini, Ulaganathan Arisekar, Robinson Jeya Shakila, Pandurangan Padmavathy, Balasubramanian Sivaraman, Sandhanasamy Devanesan, Shanmugam Sundhar, Mohamad S AlSalhi, R Mythili, Woong Kim
The presence of toxic trace elements (TEs) has resulted in a worldwide deterioration in freshwater ecosystem quality. This study aimed to analyze the distribution of TEs, including chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), arsenic (As), mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), and lead (Pb), in water, sediment, and organs of Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) collected from selected inland water bodies in Tamil Nadu, India. The water samples exhibited a range of concentrations for TEs: Cr varied from 0.014 to 5.193 µg/L, Ni ranged from 0...
May 2, 2024: Environmental Geochemistry and Health