| The present work is devoted to determine the level of total mercury in the different tissues of fish Mugil seheli, crab Portunus pelagicus, shrimp Metapenaeus stebbingi, and bivalves Paphia undulata and Gafrarium pectinatum collected from Lake Timsah and Bitter Lakes during spring 2003. In addition, factors affecting the accumulation of mercury in these organisms were studied. Levels of Hg in the edible parts of the investigated organisms showed the ranges 2.62 – 25.45 and 0.94 – 7.94 ng/g wet wt. in fish, 16.02 – 117.26 and 9.86 – 64.18 ng/g wet wt. in crab, 4.55 – 14.67 and 5.76 – 15.58 ng/g wet wt. in shrimp, and 1.06 – 36.31 and 5.38 – 69.59 ng/g wet wt. in bivalves from Lake Timsah and Bitter Lakes, respectively. High accumulation of Hg was recorded... |
