bioaccumulation of heavy metals in the muscles of grey mullet, mugil cephalus in kadalur coastal zone tamil nadu, india

Heavy metals residues (i.e. Zn, Cu, Cr, Cd, Pb α Hg) were determined in chosen tissues grey Mullet, (Mugil Cephalus) from Kadalur coastal zone. The impact of feeding habit on metal accumulations in different tissues as well as the respective contribution of water and food to metal uptake by fishes were considered. Generally, there was no statistically significant relationship between the metal content of the tissues and the fish length for both species. On cases all the amounts of the metals in the flesh of the species were fish than those in commercially important fishes from kadalur coastal zone. However, they were below the recommended levels for human consumption.