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. 2025 Aug 22;15:30883. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-87875-y

Table 2.

Results of studies in the literature.

Species of fish Sites Al As Cd Co Cr Cu Fe Mn Ni Pb Zn Reference
P. saltatrix Black Sea, Türkiye - 0.99 0.015 0.008 0.035 0.72 8.81 0.27 0.10 0.022 11.11 30
E. encrasicolus Black Sea, Türkiye - - 0.09 0.03 0.55 0.55 - 0.59 1.62 0.19 16.9 12
M. barbatus Black Sea, Türkiye < 0.5 1.30 < 0.02 - - < 0.5 2.3 - - < 0.05 3.2 54
M. merlangus Black Sea, Türkiye < 0.5 1.24 < 0.02 - < 0.1 < 0.5 0.87 0.93 0.01 < 0.05 3.4 54
E. anchovy Black Sea, Türkiye - 0.25 0.27 - 1.12 1.96 75.7 9.1 1.93 0.3 38.8 44
E. anchovy Mediterranean Sea, Italy - 5.28 0.001 - 0.009 - - 0.257 0.046 0.005 6.58 58
M. horse mackerel Black Sea, Türkiye - - 0.3 0.17 0.5 1.68 57.6 1.92 0.62 1.31 8.15 45
P. saltatrix Black Sea, Bulgaria - 0.77 0.008 - - 0.8 - - 0.009 0.03 10.0 46
M. merlangus Black Sea, Türkiye - 0.17 0.21 - 0.12 1.32 98.1 0.16 0.135 0.53 65.4 44
S. sarda Black Sea, Bulgaria - 0.410 0.015 - - 0.660 - - 0.11 0.06 10.0 46
T. mediterraneus Black Sea, Türkiye - - 0.03 - - 16.7 57.2 - - 0.63 42.6 45
Red mullet Mediterranean Sea, Spain - 19.8 0.0011 - - 0.35 - - - 0.005 3.65 57
P. saltatrix Black Sea, Bulgaria - 0.77 0.008 - 0.06 0.8 5.0 - 0.009 0.03 10.0 63