Figure 1. Conceptual diagram illustrating environmental assessment from metabolic and mineral perturbations of wild fish tissues using 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) techniques with multivariate analysis.
The metabolic and mineral perturbations in wild fishes can be occurred from river waters as well as sea tide through bioaccumulation of natural food web system. Comparative analysis of these perturbations can assess range of normal and risk of environmental threats. (Drawings by Seiji Yoshida, Yasuhiro Date and Jun Kikuchi).