First report on distribution of heavy metals and proximate analysis in marine edible puffer fishes collected from Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve, South India

In the present study, the heavy metal concentration in different organs (skin, tissue, liver, kidney, gill, intestine, and ovary) and muscle proximate composition were studied in marine edible puffer fishes Takifugu oblongus, Lagocephalus guentheri, Arothron hispidus, Chelonodon patoca and Arothron...

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Main Authors: Kaleshkumar Karunanidhi, Rajaram Rajendran, Dhinesh Pandurangan, Ganeshkumar Arumugam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:Toxicology Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214750017300367