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Endpoint:
bioaccumulation in aquatic species, other
Type of information:
experimental study
Adequacy of study:
key study
Reliability:
1 (reliable without restriction)
Qualifier:
no guideline followed
Principles of method if other than guideline:
Good Laboratory Practice
GLP compliance:
yes
Radiolabelling:
no
Vehicle:
not specified
Test organisms (species):
other: Leuciscus cephalus
Route of exposure:
aqueous
Test type:
field study
Water / sediment media type:
not specified
Remarks:
freshwater
Type:
other: see table below
Value:
other: see table below
Remarks on result:
other: see table below

Metal and arsenic concentrations (µg/g w.w. ± 1 standard deviation) in fish (Leuciscus cephalus) tissues in the Amous River upstream (UC) and downstream (DC)

 Tissue  Mn  Co Ni  Cu  Zn  Cd  As  Tl  Pb 
 Muscle 0.22 ± 0.11  0.36 ± 0.36 8.5 ± 2.2 0.005 ± 0.005  0.11 ± 0.05 0.03 ± 0.02 0.04 ± 0.02
 Liver 2.0 ± 0.7 9.8 ± 3.4 16 ± 4 0.72 ± 0.18  0.25 ± 0.07 0.25 ± 0.07  0.54 ± 0.18 
 Otolith 1.2 ± 0.2  0.08 ± 0.08  0.47 ± 0.08  0.8 ± 0.01  3 ± 2  0.021 ± 0.005  0.09 ± 0.02  0.09 ± 0.02  0.07 ± 0.02 

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