THE 8IOACCUMULATION.OF POTENTIAL HEAVY METALS IN THE TISSUES OF THE EGYPTIAN ~DlBLE MARINE ANIMALS. PART I. CRUSTACEANS.

THE 8IOACCUMULATION.OF POTENTIAL HEAVY METALS

IN THE TISSUES OF THE EGYPTIAN ~DlBLE MARINE ANIMALS.

PART I. CRUSTACEANS.

K.S. GHAZALY
Department of Natural HIstory, Faculty of EducatIon, Al~~andr1a University.
Alexandria, Egypt.
ABSTRACT
‘P’b, Cu, In, Fe, Cd and MrI were ana lysed 1n the
tissues of 3 edible crustoceans of Egypt. Based
on IIHHRC recorrmended standards for meta’ in
shellfishes. high metal·, concentrations in
hepatopancreas and muscles (edible portions) represent
a potential human health hazord.