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. 2022 Feb 24;11(1):9970. doi: 10.4081/ijfs.2022.9970

Table 3.

Trace elements in mussels from an experimental pilot farm of the Calich Lagoon (mg kg−1 w.w., 30 mussels/month).

Trace element February 2019 May 2019 Differences from ANOVA and Tukey test EU reference limits
Mean* SD** Min*** Max**** Mean SD Min Max
Ag BQL***** BQL BQL BQL BQL BQL BQL BQL - -
Al 341.342 192.228 143.880 527.869 96.009 23.177 69.787 113.755 n.s.****** -
As 1.414 0.250 1.216 1.695 1.050 0.230 0.836 1.293 n.s. -
Be BQL BQL BQL BQL BQL BQL BQL BQL - -
Bi BQL BQL BQL BQL BQL BQL BQL BQL - -
Cd 0.076 0.006 0.069 0.081 0.037 0.011 0.027 0.049 p<0.01 1.0
Co 0.084 0.011 0.072 0.091 0.038 0.015 0.026 0.054 p<0.05 -
Cr 0.262 0.123 0.119 0.333 0.115 0.021 0.092 0.130 n.s. -
Cu 2.320 0.965 1.754 3.434 3.084 2.934 1.127 6.458 n.s. -
Fe 212.034 75.650 132.741 283.420 96.565 13.423 81.294 106.494 n.s. -
Ga 0.062 0.034 0.027 0.095 0.015 0.004 0.011 0.019 n.s. -
Hg 0.013 0.002 0.011 0.014 BQL BQL BQL BQL - 0.5
In BQL BQL BQL BQL BQL BQL BQL BQL - -
Mg 1150.789 263.475 848.060 1328.336 1038.138 95.767 952.257 1141.408 n.s. -
Mn 3.476 0.656 2.757 4.041 2.312 0.802 1.529 3.133 n.s. -
Mo 0.275 0.029 0.245 0.304 0.073 0.025 0.057 0.101 p<0.001 -
Ni 0.317 0.077 0.227 0.363 0.114 0.031 0.087 0.148 p<0.05 -
Pb 0.138 0.046 0.085 0.169 0.046 0.015 0.032 0.061 p<0.05 1.5
Rb 0.786 0.210 0.560 0.976 0.988 0.558 0.655 1.632 n.s. -
Se 16.149 0.538 15.786 16.767 8.444 12.367 0.982 22.719 n.s. -
Sn 0.134 0.061 0.069 0.190 0.059 0.003 0.056 0.063 n.s. -
Tl BQL BQL BQL BQL BQL BQL BQL BQL - -
V 0.573 0.095 0.480 0.670 0.151 0.012 0.137 0.161 p<0.01 -
Zn 24.207 3.563 22.130 28.321 21.687 7.298 17.437 30.113 n.s. -

*Mean of three distinct measurements

**SD= Standard deviation

***Min= Minimum value

****Max=Maximum value

*****BQL = below method quantitation limit (LOQ) of 0.010 mg kg−1

******n.s.= not significant