Determination of heavy metals (As,Se,V,Mo,Hg,Ni,Cd,Pb and Fe) in the muscle tissues of Esox lucius of Anzali lagoon

Anzali Lagoon is an internationally protected lagoon located in west-south of Caspian Sea which has special ecologic, economic, social importance with vast diversity of plants and animals. According to entrance of contaminants into this lagoon, concentration of several heavy metals in muscle of Esox lucius fish have been investigated in this study. First stage of sampling from three stations of lagoon, have been fulfilled at dry season of September and second stage have been implemented at rainy season of November 2010. In each season nine samples of fish have been collected and transported to laboratory in freezed condition. Evaluation and measurement of heavy metal concentration has been fulfilled by Graphite furnace atomic absorption equipment. Maximum mean concentration of Hg, Ni, Se, Zn, Al, and Fe have been detected in the summer and maximum mean concentration of Cu has been detected in the winter. Maximum mean value of Hg, Ni, Zn,Al in Abkenar, maximum mean value of Se in Siah Darvishan and maximum mean value of Cu, Fe in Komeh Aghajani have been detected, while concentraton of Mo, Cd, V and Pb are equal in the three above mentioned stations. Statistical analysis of this study has been fulfilled by SPSS, V14 software. Pearson correlation test, showed a positive strong correlation between temperature and the amount of Fe (r=0.83, P<0.05). Only significant difference in concentration of Fe has been obtained between summer and winter seasons (P=0.016, df=16, P<0.05). Significant difference in concentration was detected only for Hg between Abkenar and Komeh Aghajani stations (P=0.05).This study shown that, the concentration of Ni, Hg, and Cd in the muscle of Esox lucius are high and it is considered as a serious warning.