A negative correlation between mercury content in muscle and body weight in carp from uncontaminated ponds

Lenka Sedláčková, Jiří Jarkovský, Jiří Kalina, Gorzyslaw Poleszczuk and Zdeňka Svobodová
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Lenka Sedláčková: Department of Public Veterinary Medicine and Animal Welfare, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
Jiří Jarkovský: Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Jiří Kalina: Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Gorzyslaw Poleszczuk: Chair of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Szczecin University, Szczecin, Poland
Zdeňka Svobodová: Department of Public Veterinary Medicine and Animal Welfare, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic

Czech Journal of Food Sciences, 2015, vol. 33, issue 3, 204-209

Abstract: The relationship between body weight and total mercury content in the muscle of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) from 13 uncontaminated ponds in South and West Bohemia was investigated. In total, 215 three-years-old marketable carps and 26 samples of bottom sediment were analysed. Total mercury contents (THg) in muscle and sediments were determined using an single-purpose atomic absorption spectrophotometer. The correlation between body weight and mercury content in muscle was found to be negative and statistically significant (Pearson correlation: rp = -0.269, P < 0.001). THg content in muscle significantly decreased as the body weight of carp from uncontaminated ponds increased. This is likely due to the intensive weight gain of marketable carp.

Keywords: Cyprinus carpio; total mercury; sediment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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