Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
- Volume 4 Issue 2
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- Pages.65-69
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- 2001
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- 2234-1757(eISSN)
Heavy Metal Concentrations in Cetaceans from Korean Coast
- Choi Hee Gu (Environment Management Division, National Fisheries Research & Development Institute) ;
- Kim Pyoung Joong (Environment Management Division, National Fisheries Research & Development Institute) ;
- Lee Pil Yong (Environment Management Division, National Fisheries Research & Development Institute) ;
- Kim Sang Soo (Environment Management Division, National Fisheries Research & Development Institute) ;
- Kim Zang Geun (Coastal & Offshore Fisheries Ecology Division, National Fisheries Research & Development Institute) ;
- Moon Hyo Bang (Environment Management Division, National Fisheries Research & Development Institute)
- Published : 2001.06.01
Abstract
For the first time the concentrations of copper, zinc, lead, cadmium and crome in the tissues from 17 specimens of cetaceans of Korean coast were determined. The measured concentrations of trace elements were considerably lower than the concentrations previously reported in cetaceans. In inter-species, Cd levels were higher in the kidney of Stejneger's beaked whales and the stomach, liver and lung of Risso's dolphin than in the tissues of minke whale and humpback whale.