Table 5.

Statistical analysis of MMCs in kidneys and RCs in gills of Boops boops.

	MMCs in Kidneys	RCs in Gills
Fish from the Aeolian Island coast	36.21 ± 4.37 *	53.39 ± 7.48 *
Fish from the eastern coast of Milazzo	198.54 ± 35.32 **	210.67 ± 12.78 *

** p ≤ 0.01, * p ≤ 0.05.