Weight dependence of arsenic concentration in the Arabian Sea tuna fish

Journal Article · Mon Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1988 · Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01881042· OSTI ID:5428671

Ashraf, M; Jaffar, M

The objective of the present investigation was to estimate the arsenic concentration in the edible muscle of Thunnus thynnus and Thunnus toggel (hereafter called tuna and longtail tune) as they have great commercial value. These fish are widely available along the coastal line of Pakistan and are consumed abundantly in large bulk. Thus, it was felt justifiable on the basis of safety of human health that data, in the first instance, be obtained on arsenic concentration in tuna as a function of weight to check whether the metal distribution was species-specific or it depended on individual mode of development. The data, the first of the kind so far presented on the Arabian Sea tuna, would thus provide the required baseline quantitative information needed in future studies on the physiological processes regulating the distribution and uptake of arsenic by these and other species of fish common to the region.

• Research Organization: Quaid-i-Azam Univ., Islamabad, Pakistan
• OSTI ID: 5428671
• Journal Information: Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States), Journal Name: Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States) Vol. 40:2; ISSN BECTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
ARABIAN SEA
ARSENIC COMPOUNDS
ASIA
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DISTRIBUTION
FISHES
INDIAN OCEAN
METABOLISM
MUSCLES
PAKISTAN
SEAS
SPECTROSCOPY
SURFACE WATERS
TISSUE DISTRIBUTION
TRACE AMOUNTS
TUNA
UPTAKE
VERTEBRATES
WEIGHT