Greener
Journal of  Agricultural Sciences

Vol. 3 (10), pp.
687-691,
October 2013.

 ISSN: 2276-7770 

Research
Paper

Manuscript Number: 083013809

 

Evaluating the Potential of African Catfish (Clarias
gariepinus) to Bioaccumulation of Some Selected
Heavy Metals

 

Femi Francis Oloye^{1, 2}*^{and
Oluwabunmi Peace Oluyede1}

 

¹Adekunle
Ajasin University Ondo State Nigeria.

²Suface
Chemistry and Catalysis Group, University of Aberdeen,
United Kingdom.

 

*Corresponding Author’s Email: pen2crown @ gmail.com

Abstract:

The potential of African Catfish to bioaccumulation of some
selected heavy metals was done by introducing heavy metals
into the fish water after the fish was starved for 24hr; the
test was done by semistic bioassays method. The results were
analysed with AAS and it was observed that different metals
attached to various part of the fish with diverse strength
and affinity.
 
Keywords: Bioaccumulation, heavy metals, seistic
bioassays.

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