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• TITLE: Determination of P, Ca, Zn, Cd and Pb concentrations in muscle, gills, liver, gonads and skeletons of two natural populations of Atherina lagunae in North Tunis Lake, Tunisia

  AUTHORS: N. Ayed, E. Faure, J-P. Quignard, M. Trabelsi

  KEYWORDS: heavy metal, phosphorus, calcium, deformation, Tunis North Lake, Atherina lagunae.

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Water Resource and Protection, Vol.3 No.6, June 29, 2011

  ABSTRACT: In this study, zinc (Zn), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), phosphorus (P) and calcium (Ca) concentrations in mus-cles, gills, liver, gonads and skeletons of two natural populations of sand smelt Atherina lagunae (Teleostean, Atherinidae) normal and deformed, as well as bioaccumulation of these elements from the water and the sediment in the North Tunis Lake were investigated. The analysis of Ca was performed with flame atomic absorption spectrometry. The average concentrations of Ca in the different tissues analyzed show higher val-ues in healthy atherines except in gonads where the average concentration of Ca in deformed atherines sig-nificantly exceeds that in normal atherines (p