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A bio-monitoring study was performed to investigate the concentration of certain metals (cadmium, cobalt, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, nickel, lead and zinc) in gill, skin and muscle of thirteen demersal fish species of Agatti Coast of Lakshadweep Sea. All the metal concentrations in gill are higher than skin and muscle. Concentrations of toxic metals such as Cd (0.61 ± 0.67 μg g−1 in Gerres longirostris), Mn (0.83 ± 1.21 μg g−1 in Lutjanus fulvus) and Ni (0.56 ± 0.83 μg g−1 in L. bengalensis) were well above the permissible limits suggested by World Health Organization and Food and Agricultural Organizations.
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The authors are thankful to the authorities of Annamalai University for the facilities and the Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology (Ministry of Earth Sciences), Kochi for financial assistance.
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Dhaneesh, K.V., Gopi, M., Noushad, K.M. et al. Determination of Metal Levels in Thirteen Fish Species from Lakshadweep Sea. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 88, 69–73 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-011-0459-9
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