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Table 2 Heavy metal concentrations in the muscle tissue of Oreochromis niloticus in mg/kg muscle weight collected from El Rayah ElTawfeeky canal and Damietta branch, Egypt

From: Hazardous effects of heavy metal pollution on Nile tilapia in the aquatic ecosystem of the Eastern Delta in Egypt

 

El Rayah El Tawfeeky canal

Damietta River Nile

Metal

Concentration (mg/kg)

HI (H.)

HI (N.)

Concentration (mg/kg)

HI (H.)

HI (N.)

Mg

74.533 ± 0.075*a

2.527

0.553

59.146 ± 0.980*

2.005

0.439

Cd

2.286 ± 0.115*a

4.651

1.019

0.270 ± 0.053*

0.549

0.120

Hg

10.360 ± 0.075*a

3.512

0.7696

1.500 ± 0.030*

0.508

0.111

Cr

63.020 ± 0.346*a

0.051

0.011

38.853 ± 0.449*

0.031

0.006

Cu

54.406 ± 0.116*a

0.790

0.173

38.986 ± 0.991*

0.566

0.124

Ni

23.560 ± 0.019*a

3.993

0.875

20.823 ± 0.106*

3.530

0.773

Pb

33.403 ± 2.068*a

2.718

0.595

14.673 ± 0.723*

1.193

0.261

Zn

212.086 ± 4.328*a

2.016

0.441

99.930 ± 0.370*

0.949

0.208

  1. Tilapia collected from two sites, with Hazard Indices (HI) calculated for high (H.) and normal (N.) fish consumers. Asterisks (*) indicate statistically significant differences between the two sites (p < 0.05). and ‘a’ indicates a significant increase compared to the maximum allowable concentration [71]