Mercury concentrations in commercial fish species of Lake Phewa, Nepal

Chhatra Mani Sharma; Suresh Basnet; Shichang Kang; Bjørn Olav Rosseland; Qianggong Zhang; Ke Pan; Reidar Borgstrøm; Qing Li; Wen Xiong Wang; Jie Huang; Hans Christian Teien; Subodh Sharma

doi:10.1007/s00128-013-1055-y

Mercury concentrations in commercial fish species of Lake Phewa, Nepal

Chhatra Mani Sharma^*, Suresh Basnet, Shichang Kang, Bjørn Olav Rosseland, Qianggong Zhang, Ke Pan, Reidar Borgstrøm, Qing Li, Wen Xiong Wang, Jie Huang, Hans Christian Teien, Subodh Sharma

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Abstract

Mercury (Hg) concentrations in four commercial fish species (Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus, Spiny Eel Mastacembelus armatus, African catfish Clarias gariepinus, and Sahar Tor putitora), were investigated in Lake Phewa, Nepal. Mean values of total mercury (THg mg kg^-1, ww) in these fishes were 0.02, 0.07, 0.05, and 0.12 respectively. Methylmercury contributed 82 % of THg. The lowest value was detected in O. niloticus, an exclusive plant feeder. The biomagnification rate of Hg through the fish community was 0.041 per δ¹⁵N (‰). The present investigation produced an important baseline data of Hg pollution in the fish community in this region.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	272-277
Number of pages	6
Journal	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Volume	91
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-013-1055-y
Publication status	Published - Sept 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Biomagnification
Commercial fish
Lake Phewa
Mercury

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Mercury concentrations in commercial fish species of Lake Phewa, Nepal

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