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- Title
The contents of Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn of the white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931) of six coastal lagoons of Sinaloa, NW Mexico.
- Authors
Frías-Espericueta, Martín G.; Osuna-López, Isidro; Voltolina, Domenico; Beltrán-Velarde, Marco A.; Izaguirre-Fierro, Gildardo; López-López, Gabriel; Muy-Rangel, Maria D.; Rubio-Carrasco, Werner
- Abstract
The article focuses on a study which evaluated the mean content of cadmium, copper, lead and zinc in the hepatopancreas of the white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, from commercial landings from six lagoons of Sinaloa, northwestern Mexico. Shrimp samples were obtained from local fishermen operating in different areas of each lagoon between September and October 2006. It was found that the mean contents of all metals were lower in the muscle than in the corresponding hepatopancreas samples. No significant correlations were seen between the metal contents of the two tissues. This lack of correlation may be linked to different stages of the kinetic mechanisms associated to metal uptake, transport, storage and release.
- Subjects
SINALOA (Mexico : State); MEXICO; CADMIUM; COPPER; ZINC; LEAD; WHITELEG shrimp; LAGOONS
- Publication
Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografía (RBMO), 2008, Vol 43, Issue 3, p197
- ISSN
0717-3326
- Publication type
Article