0387250 - ÚBO 2014 RIV NL eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Valová, Zdenka - Hudcová, H. - Roche, Kevin Francis - Svobodová, J. - Bernardová, I. - Jurajda, Pavel
No relationship found between mercury and lead concentrations in muscle and scales of chub Squalius cephalus L.
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. Roč. 185, č. 4 (2013), s. 3359-3368. ISSN 0167-6369. E-ISSN 1573-2959
Grant CEP: GA ČR GBP505/12/G112
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68081766
Klíčová slova: Mercury * Lead * Chub * Nonlethal methods * Scales
Kód oboru RIV: EG - Zoologie
Impakt faktor: 1.679, rok: 2013 ; AIS: 0.446, rok: 2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-012-2796-5

We examined the relationship between muscle and scale mercury (Hg) and lead (Pb) concentrations in chub Squalius cephalus L. from six riverine sites in the Czech Republic in order to determine whether scale analysis alone could provide a nonlethal and convenient method for prediction of heavy metal concentration in muscle tissue. Our results confirm tissue-specific heavy metal accumulation in chub, with Hg tending to accumulate primarily in muscle tissue and Pb in scales. We found no significant relationship, however, for concentrations of either Pb or Hg between muscle tissue and scales of chub. Our results indicate that scales cannot be used for predicting heavy metal contamination in muscle of chub and we recommend, therefore, that muscle biopsy methods continue as the preferred method of analysis.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0218695