Heavy metals in sediment, water and the European glass eel, Anguilla anguilla (Osteichthyes: Anguillidae), from Loukkos river estuary (Morocco, eastern Atlantic)

• Main Authors: El Morhit, M., Fekhaoui, M., Elie, P., Girard, P., Yahyaoui, A., El Abidi, A., Jbilou, M.
• Other Authors: UNIVERSITE MOHAMED V RABAT MAR, CEMAGREF BORDEAUX UR EPBX FRA, AQUACULTURE AND AQUATIC ENVIRONEMENT, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH RABAT MAR, LABORATORY OF TOXICOLOGY RABAT MAR
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: ANGUILLIDAE; ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; METAUX LOURDS; SEDIMENT; QUALITE DE L'EAU; ESTUAIRE; ESTUARIES; HEAVY METALS; WATER QUALITY; Sever; Anguilla anguilla
• Online Access: https://irsteadoc.irstea.fr/cemoa/PUB00028253

Comparisons of metals concentrations were made in sediment and water with thoe in tissues of glass eel collected in five stations from Loukkos estuary (Morocco, eastern Atlantic). Concentrations of selected metals were measured using an atomic absorption spectrophotometer. The metal levels found in...