Table 2 Concentrations of various heavy metals in Nile tilapia fish in the different farms of Punjab, Pakistan.

0.05 ± 0.02^a

124.00 ± 1.50^c

2.36 ± 0.22^c

7.34 ± 0.38^c

0.16 ± 0.02^c

152.67 ± 2.02^b

2.91 ± 0.01^b

12.74 ± 1.27^b

0.24 ± 0.02^b

166.67 ± 2.25^a

3.69 ± 0.20^a

16.57 ± 0.47^a

0.11 ± 0.01^d

105.83 ± 1.52^d

1.17 ± 0.07^d

4.69 ± 0.10^d

0.20 ± 0.01^b

92.00 ± 1.50^e

1.39 ± 0.50^d

3.82 ± 0.34^d

0.02 ± 0.01^a

116.83 ± 1.75^b

1.32 ± 0.11^bc

3.98 ± 0.76^b

0.34 ± 0.39^a

127 ± 0.86^a

1.60 ± 0.41^b

4.65 ± 0.20^b

0.22 ± 0.01^a

129.5 ± 2.00^a

3.87 ± 0.03^a

6.73 ± 0.23^a

0.16 ± 0.20^a

92.00 ± 1.00^d

1.20 ± 0.14^c

1.33 ± 0.27^c

0.14 ± 0.01^a

99.00 ± 1.30^c

1.24 ± 1.32^bc

1.72 ± 0.27^c

0.53 ± 0.11^b

122.67 ± 2.36^c

1.00 ± 0.52^c

8.19 ± 0.52^c

0.92 ± 0.01^a

126.3 ± 1.75^b

1.66 ± 0.08^b

17.71 ± 2.10^a

0.93 ± 0.06^a

130 ± 1.50^a

2.93 ± 0.07^a

15.07 ± 1.28^b

0.06 ± 0.06^c

97.5 ± 1.32^d

1.14 ± 0.05^c

3.25 ± 0.73^d

0.16 ± 0.16^c

96 ± 2.17^d

1.07 ± 0.06^c

5.02 ± 0.57^d