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. 2020 Oct 28;8:e10266. doi: 10.7717/peerj.10266

Table 5. Elements concentrations (mg kg−1) in muscle and liver tissues of fish from the Rio Doce estuary compared with other polluted and pristine estuaries and coastal bays in Brazil.

Species Location Tissue As Cd Cr Cu Hg Mn Pb Se Zn References
Cathorops spixii Cananéia estuary (Near-pristine) Muscle 0.007 0.067 0.157 0.059 10.95 Azevedo, Hortellani & Sarkis (2012)
Santos-São Vicente estuary (Polluted) Muscle 0.005 0.351 0.268 <LOD 10.66 Azevedo, Hortellani & Sarkis (2012)
Santos-São Vicente estuary (Polluted) Muscle 0.008 0.494 0.096 0.018 6.30 Azevedo, Hortellani & Sarkis (2012)
Cananéia estuary (Near-pristine) Liver 0.25 12.7 1.11 Azevedo et al. (2009)
Santos Bay (Polluted) Muscle 0.06 Azevedo et al. (2009)
Santos Bay (Polluted) Liver 0.33 15.4 261 Azevedo et al. (2009)
Paranaguá Bay (Polluted) Muscle 3.24 0.12 0.22 5.98 Angeli et al. (2013)
Rio Doce estuary Muscle 7.46 <LOQ 0.38 0.30 0.22 0.48 0.03 0.53 8.21 This study
Rio Doce estuary Liver 0.31 0.26 0.40 15.13 0.45 3.27 0.18 4.13 94.61 This study
Genidens genidens Santos-São Vicente estuary (Polluted) Muscle 0.007 0.177 0.392 0.01 12.12 Azevedo, Hortellani & Sarkis (2012)
Santos-São Vicente estuary (Polluted) Muscle 0.009 0.280 0.105 0.018 9.396 Azevedo, Hortellani & Sarkis (2012)
Cananéia estuary (Near-pristine) Muscle 0.006 0.037 0.209 0.057 11.67 Azevedo, Hortellani & Sarkis (2012)
Paranaguá Bay (Polluted) Muscle 0.91 0.1 0.22 6.93 Angeli et al. (2013)
Morrão River estuary (Polluted) Muscle 0.003 1.29 0.07 80.5 Bosco-Santos & Luiz-Silva (2019)
Morrão River estuary (Polluted) Liver 0.24 26.1 7.80 1,201 Bosco-Santos & Luiz-Silva (2019)
Rio Doce estuary Muscle 0.23 <LOQ 0.34 0.29 0.26 0.43 0.13 0.38 14.00 This study
Rio Doce estuary Liver 0.21 0.41 0.41 8.94 0.75 1.49 0.29 3.91 571.43 This study
Eugerres brasilianus Babitonga Bay (Polluted) Muscle 0.06 9.28 Bonatti et al. (2004)
Rio Doce estuary Muscle 0.20 <LOQ 0.39 0.32 0.19 0.35 0.05 0.69 3.22 This study
Rio Doce estuary Liver 0.51 0.19 0.42 2.36 0.11 7.20 0.05 2.14 27.27 This study
Diapterus rhombeus Todos os Santos Bay (Polluted) Muscle <LOD 0.22 4.59 <LOD 0.61 <LOD 6.74 Santana et al. (2017)
Morrão River estuary (Polluted) Muscle 0.002 0.79 0.80 25.2 Bosco-Santos & Luiz-Silva (2019)
Morrão River estuary (Polluted) Liver 0.25 10.9 0.34 138 Bosco-Santos & Luiz-Silva (2019)
Rio Doce estuary Muscle 0.52 <LOQ 0.21 0.16 0.08 0.30 0.02 0.78 3.81 This study
Rio Doce estuary Liver 0.97 0.05 0.34 1.67 0.10 9.01 0.06 1.26 32.9 This study
Mugil liza Itaipu - Guanabara Bay (Near-pristine) Muscle <LOQ <LOQ 1.18 3.57 Hauser-Davis et al. (2016)
Itaipu - Guanabara Bay (Near-pristine) Liver 0.13 0.81 2.43 64.61 Hauser-Davis et al. (2016)
Ipiranga - Guanabara Bay (Polluted) Muscle <LOQ <LOQ <LOQ <LOQ Hauser-Davis et al. (2016)
Ipiranga - Guanabara Bay (Polluted) Liver 0.06 <LOQ 0.59 74.31 Hauser-Davis et al. (2016)
Morrão River estuary (Polluted) Muscle 0.001 0.79 0.06 11.8 Bosco-Santos & Luiz-Silva (2019)
Morrão River estuary (Polluted) Liver 0.26 176 1.13 188 Bosco-Santos & Luiz-Silva (2019)
Mugil curema Itaguaré River (Pristine) Muscle <LOD 0.27 0.51 6.68 Carmo, Abessa & Machado-Neto (2012)
São Vicente estuary (Polluted) Muscle 1.25 0.01 0.35 7.33 Carmo, Abessa & Machado-Neto (2012)
São Vicente estuary (Polluted) Muscle 1.70 0.02 0.25 6.75 Carmo, Abessa & Machado-Neto (2012)
Mugil platanus Babitonga Bay (Polluted) Muscle 0.06 4.40 Bonatti et al. (2004)
Mugil sp. Vitória Bay (Polluted) Muscle 0.030 0.151 0.214 0.27 3.26 Joyeux, Campanha Filho & de Jesus (2004)
Rio Doce estuary Muscle 0.25 <LOQ 0.32 0.30 0.07 0.20 <LOQ 0.50 3.21 This study
Rio Doce estuary Liver 1.73 0.11 0.46 47.30 0.16 1.85 0.04 5.81 71.71 This study