Cadmium Accumulation in Tissues of Sarotherodon melanotheron (Rüppel, 1852) from the Aby Lagoon System in Côte d’Ivoire

Yapi Dope Armel Cyrille, Kouame Victor, Tidou Abiba Sanogo, Sawadogo Boukary and Wethe Joseph
Additional contact information
Yapi Dope Armel Cyrille: Laboratoire des Sciences de l’Environnement (LSE), Université d’Abobo-Adjamé, 02 BP 801 Abidjan 02, Côte d’Ivoire
Kouame Victor: Laboratoire des Sciences de l’Environnement (LSE), Université d’Abobo-Adjamé, 02 BP 801 Abidjan 02, Côte d’Ivoire
Tidou Abiba Sanogo: Laboratoire des Sciences de l’Environnement (LSE), Université d’Abobo-Adjamé, 02 BP 801 Abidjan 02, Côte d’Ivoire
Sawadogo Boukary: Laboratoire Eau, Dépollution, Ecosystèmes et Santé (LEDES), Institut International d’Ingénierie de l’Eau et de l’Environnement, 01 BP 594 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso
Wethe Joseph: Laboratoire Eau, Dépollution, Ecosystèmes et Santé (LEDES), Institut International d’Ingénierie de l’Eau et de l’Environnement, 01 BP 594 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso

IJERPH, 2012, vol. 9, issue 3, 1-10

Abstract: This study assessed the concentrations of cadmium in the gills, livers and muscles of a commercially important tilapia fish ( Sarotherodon melanotheron ) from Aby Lagoon in Adiaké, Côte d’Ivoire, between January and December, 2010. The organisms were grouped into two composite samples (juvenile and adult) of five individuals. Levels of cadmium were determined in tissues using Perkin-Elmer (AAnalyst 200) Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (AAS) after a digestion method. Fish muscle appeared to have a significantly higher tendency to accumulate cadmium (1.19–5.18 µg/g dw) while gills and livers had minimum concentrations (0.07–1.32 and 0.12–1.25 µg/g dw). This study has revealed that the concentrations of Cd in Sarotherodon melanotheron muscle tissue were above the maximum acceptable concentrations for human consumption, thus precautions need to be taken in order to prevent future contamination.

Keywords: cadmium; Aby Lagoon; accumulation; Sarotherodon melanotheron (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/9/3/821/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/9/3/821/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:9:y:2012:i:3:p:821-830:d:16578

Access Statistics for this article

IJERPH is currently edited by Ms. Jenna Liu

More articles in IJERPH from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().