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METAL LEVELS IN THREE PUFFER FISH SPECIES CAUGHT FROM MERSIN BAY

Ali Rıza Köşker, Fatih Özoğul, Deniz Ayas, Mustafa Durmuş, Yılmaz Uçar, Yeşim Özoğul

Abstract

The macro (Na, P, Ca, Mg, K), trace (Cu, Zn, Fe) and toxic (As, Pb, Cd, Cr) elements in the liver and muscle tissues of Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789), Lagocephalus spadiceus (Richardson, 1845) and Lagocephalus suezensis (Clark & Gohar, 1953), and their effects on metal levels of seasonal and sexual changes were investigated. The pufferfish species used in the study were seasonally caught with bottom trawls, longliners and fish hooks from the Mersin Bay throughout four seasons. Metal analysis was performed on the fish tissue using ICP / MS. It was determined that the levels of the macro and trace elements were high in the tissues of three pufferfish species that were analyzed. However, it was determined that they contained high levels of Pb and As. To date no study on the metal levels of the three species of pufferfish was found in the literature. This study was carried out to determine the most common species of Lagocephalus spp. And also it was the first study to investigate seasonal and sexual changes in metal levels of pufferfish species in the Mediterranean Sea.

Acknowledgements: This study has been conducted as a part of the research project “Doğu Akdeniz Kıyılarında Yaşayan Lagocephalus Cinsi Balon Balıklarının Besin Bileşenleri, Tetrodotoksin (TTX) ve Ağır Metal Düzeyleri Açısından İncelenmesi” with the project number FDK-2016-5578 supported by the Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit of Çukurova University.

Keywords

Lagocephalus spp., macro element, trace element, heavy metal
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