Table 2.
Median concentrations and interquartile ranges of the trace elements, ∑LREEs and ∑HREEs in different golden grey mullet (Chelon auratus) tissues
| Element | Tissue | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gill | Intestine | Kidney | Liver | Muscle | ||
| Trace elements | As (ng g−1) | 532c (563) | 1329ab (829) | 769abc (638) | 2389a (1219) | 497c (367) |
| Cd (ng g−1) | 18.0c (46.9) | 172ab (202) | 130abc (65.8) | 1689a (2098) | 23.8c (40.7) | |
| Hg (ng g−1) | 26.5c (55.2) | 71.7ab (35.3) | 54.3abc (32.3) | 212a (258) | 29.6c (15.9) | |
| Pb (ng g−1) | 355ab (235) | 970a (1312) | 513ab (932) | 122bc (113) | 67.2c (114) | |
| LREEs | La (pg g−1) | 206b (500) | 1290a (2788) | 445ab (484) | 211ab (125) | 59.6b (115) |
| Ce (pg g−1) | 141b (335) | 1116a (4573) | 329ab (312) | 133ab (76.7) | 41.4b (76.4) | |
| Pr (pg g−1) | 73.2b (166) | 474a (1027) | 150ab (169) | 68.9b (41.1) | 22.5b (40.9) | |
| Nd (pg g−1) | 742b (1654) | 4996a (10,503) | 1380ab (1835) | 683b (455) | 225b (384) | |
| Sm (pg g−1) | 65.1b (123) | 415a (865) | 180ab (161) | 57.0b (35.7) | 18.4b (27.4) | |
| Eu (pg g−1) | 12.5ab (17.5) | 72.8a (138) | 21.8ab (26) | 9.33b (6.80) | 2.99b (5.01) | |
| Sc (pg g−1) | 93.6ab (104) | 533a (1085) | 85.7ab (138) | 43.0b (27.8) | 24.2b (48.2) | |
| ∑LREEs (ng g−1) | 1.33b (2.87) | 9.24a (2.07) | 2.59ab (3.12) | 1.22ab (7.43) | 3.97b (7.00) | |
| HREEs | Gd (pg g−1) | 118b (235) | 797a (1619) | 230ab (279) | 89.1b (67.9) | 36.7b (54.9) |
| Tb (pg g−1) | 243ab (453) | 1636a (3251) | 488ab (591) | 160b (104) | 72.7b (121) | |
| Dy (pg g−1) | 87.5ab (154) | 556a (1117) | 164ab (212) | 56.5b (43.7) | 26.6b (49.9) | |
| Ho (pg g−1) | 6.98ab (12.5) | 47.2a (92.6) | 16.5ab (20.2) | 4.39b (3.73) | 2.23b (3.32) | |
| Er (pg g−1) | 25.2ab (39.9) | 154a (301) | 45.4ab (59.3) | 17.4b (12.8) | 7.14b (11.9) | |
| Tm (pg g−1) | 3.43ab (4.18) | 20.3a (38.3) | 4.93ab (8.24) | 3.30b (2.64) | 0.97b (1.47) | |
| Yb (pg g−1) | 0ab (52.6) | 88.2a (153) | 0b (0) | 0ab (11.4) | 0b (0) | |
| Lu (pg g−1) | 3.54ab (3.25) | 18.4a (34.4) | 5.91ab (6.89) | 3.45b (2.39) | 0.85b (1.40) | |
| Y (pg g−1) | 3897ab (9146) | 13992a (20,380) | 7231ab (6076) | 775bc (658) | 632c (1064) | |
| ∑HREEs (ng g−1) | 4.38ab (1.01) | 17.6a (2.74) | 8.56bc (6.66) | 1.10ab (1.00) | 0.75c (1.21) | |
abcSharing at least one letter in a row indicates that there are no statistically significant differences