Table 1 Element concentrations range and (average ± SD) in various tissues and organs of loggerhead turtles from the Egyptian Mediterranean coast (µg/g, dry wt.).
Metal | n | Muscle | Liver | Kidney | Fat | Blood (µg/ml) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cd | 8 | 0.50–2.0 | 1.57–10.95 | 30.96–61.17 | 0.138–0.391 | 6.21–6.67 |
(0.97 ± 0.54) | (6.45 ± 3.95) | (42.49 ± 11.61) | (0.265 ± 0.09) | (6.645 ± 2.55) | ||
Pb | 8 | 4.70–35.80 | 3.29–16.32 | 3.52–9.71 | 1.36–2.55 | 1.85–3.19 |
(11.23 ± 2.10) | (6.12 ± 1.22) | (6.51 ± 2.12) | (2.01 ± 0.43) | (2.46 ± 0.49) | ||
As | 8 | 0.21–0.33 | 0.1–1.112 | 0.08–0.51 | 0.07–0.106 | 1.56–6.42 |
(0.267 ± 0.04) | (0.94 ± 0.01) | (0.272 ± 0.014) | (0.098 ± 0.02) | (3.435 ± 1.71) | ||
Hg | 8 | 0.32–0.61 | 0.39–2.53 | 0.39–1.29 | 0.02–0.05 | 1.44–4.75 |
(0.47 ± 0.09) | (1.16 ± 0.76) | (0.88 ± 0.34) | (0.04 ± 0.01) | (3.347 ± 0.67) |
