Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH
Volume 45, Issue 8, Pages 6533-6542Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-023-01593-w
Keywords
Bioaccumulation; Emerging pollutants; Fish; Trace elements; Rare earth elements
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Rare earth elements are important for modern life but also considered emerging pollutants. There is limited research on these elements in fish, especially in the Caspian Sea. This study aimed to determine the concentrations of rare earth elements in golden grey mullet and compare their bioaccumulation patterns with other toxic elements.
Rare earth elements are essential for modern life, although they are also classified as emerging pollutants. Currently, fish studies on these elements are very limited in general, but, with regard to the Caspian Sea, there is no reference to them at all. For this reason, our objective was to determine the concentrations of these elements in the golden grey mullet (Chelon auratus) and to contrast its bioaccumulation patterns with those of arsenic, cadmium, mercury and lead. For that purpose, 20 fish were caught in the southern part of the Caspian Sea. Heavy rare earth element concentrations were higher than light ones and the terbium levels were very high, probably due to anthropogenic contamination. The intestine tissue gave the highest concentrations, which could be indicative of a very low gastrointestinal absorption. For both rare earth and trace elements, muscle was the tissue that accumulated the least, despite which, cadmium and lead levels in muscle were of concern.
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