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THE METAL UPTAKE AND ACCUMULATION IN FISH LIVING IN POLLUTED WATERS

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Fish living in polluted waters tend to accumulate heavy metals in their tissues. Generally, accumulation depends on metal concentration, time of exposure, way of metal uptake, environmental conditions (water temperature, pH, hardness, salinity), and intrinsic factors (fish age, feeding habits). Various metals show different affinity to fish tissues. Most of them accumulate mainly in liver, kidney and gills. Fish muscles, comparing to the other tissues, usually contain the lowest levels of metals. Metal distribution in various organs is time-related. Accumulation of metals in various organs of fish may cause structural lesions and functional disturbances.

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  1. Department of Animal Physiology, University of Podlasie, Prusa 12, 08-110, Siedlce, Poland

    Barbara Jezierska & Małgorzata Witeska

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  1. Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Zabrze, Poland

    Irena Twardowska

  2. Center for Study of Metals in the Environment, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, U.S.A.

    Herbert E. Allen

  3. Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and the Environment, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, U.S.A.

    Max M. Häggblom

  4. Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Zabrze, Poland

    Sebastian Stefaniak

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Jezierska, B., Witeska, M. (2006). THE METAL UPTAKE AND ACCUMULATION IN FISH LIVING IN POLLUTED WATERS. In: Twardowska, I., Allen, H.E., Häggblom, M.M., Stefaniak, S. (eds) Soil and Water Pollution Monitoring, Protection and Remediation. NATO Science Series, vol 69. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4728-2_6

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