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. 2013 Dec 19;11:33. doi: 10.1186/2052-336X-11-33

Table 5.

Metal concentration in the station 2 samples

Metals
Fish samples (μg/g)
Sediment samples (μg/g)
WHO/EPA standard
  M. cephalus (Mean ± SD) O. mossambicus (Mean ± SD) A. caelatus (Mean ± SD) C. chanos (Mean ± SD) L. fulviflamma (Mean ± SD) T. jarbua (Mean ± SD) Sst1 (Mean ± SD) Sst 2 (Mean ± SD)  
Cd
16.5 ± 0.4
26.25 ± 0.06
6.95 ± 0.21
14.4 ± 0.197
3.31 ± 0.5
0.9 ± 0.4
1.12 ± 0.01
1.83 ± 0.06
0.0-0.2
Co
0.07 ± 0.002
0.05 ± 0.004
0.01 ± 0.001
0.02 ± 0.003
0.04 ± 0.02
0.03 ± 0.02
0.02 ± 0.001
0.03 ± 0.01
-
Cr
0.06 ± 0.005
0.09 ± 0.006
0.16 ± 0.04
0.8 ± 0.014
0.31 ± 0.1
0.22 ± 0.05
0.17 ± 0.008
0.19 ± 0.07
0.1-0.15
Fe
1.5 ± 0.053
3.9 ± 0.034
3.2 ± 0.05
3.5 ± 0.01
5.7 ± 0.9
6.2 ± 2.1
26.6 ± 2.6
12.9 ± 1.2
4-48.0
Mn
0.18 ± 0.003
0.67 ± 0.11
0.8 ± 0.03
0.6 ± 0.01
0.4 ± 0.3
0.2 ± 0.1
0.5 ± 0.16
0.42 ± 0.03
0.0025-0.005
Ni
0.02 ± 0.002
0.04 ± 0.004
0.03 ± 0.003
0.03 ± 0.002
0.06 ± 0.09
0.05 ± 0.03
0.06 ± 0.01
0.13 ± 0.01
0.0-0.140
Pb
0.05 ± 0.003
0.08 ± 0.005
0.09 ± 0.003
0.06 ± 0.003
0.4 ± 0.09
0.07 ± 0.01
0.8 ± 0.16
0.5 ± 0.36
0-1.5
Zn 1.33 ± 0.04 4.15 ± 0.073 2.4 ± 0.121 2.04 ± 0.10 2.7 ± 0.31 1.7 ± 0.6 3.0 ± 0.20 2.15 ± 0.43 58-150

Sst1 Sediment site 1; Sst2 Sediment site 2.