Title
Heavy Metals and Arsenic in Water, Sediment and the Muscle of Oncorhynchus Mykiss from the Tishgo River in the Central Andes of Peru
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Polish Society of Ecological Engineering (PTIE)
Abstract
The concentration of Cu, Pb, Zn and As in water, sediment and muscle of Oncorhynchus mykiss from the Tishgo river in the central Andes of Peru were analyzed. The water, sediment and fish samples were collected from 36 sites in three sampling sectors. The analytical determination was performed by flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The mean Pb concentrations in the water from the three sampling sectors showed significant differences (p < 0.05) which exceeded the values of the Peruvian standard and the WHO. The mean concentrations of Cu, Pb and As in sediment did not present significant differences(p > 0.05) in the three sectors evaluated. The redundancy analysis (RDA) revealed that the concentrations of As and Pb in water, and Cu, As and Zn in sediment significantly influence the concentration of these elements in the O. mykiss muscle. The mean concentrations of Cu, Pb, Zn and As in the O. mykiss muscle were lower than those established by international regulations. Therefore, the concentrations of heavy metals and As recorded in this study do not represent a threat to the consumption of O. mykiss from the Tishgo river.
Start page
156
End page
166
Volume
22
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ecología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85104010209
Source
Journal of Ecological Engineering
ISSN of the container
2299-8993
Sponsor(s)
The authors express our gratitude to the General Research Institute of the National University of Central Peru for the financing of the study, Also, to the Laboratory of Chemistry and Environment of the Faculty of Applied Sciences for facilitating the use of the equipment and instruments.
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