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. 2023 Jun 19;45(8):6533–6542. doi: 10.1007/s10653-023-01593-w

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