Title

Concentrations of heavy metals associated with urban runoff in fish living in stormwater treatment ponds

Abstract

Redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus), largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), and bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) were collected from stormwater ponds and natural lakes and ponds (controls) in Orlando, Florida and analyzed for cadmium, nickel, copper, lead, and zinc in order to determine: (1) if fish that live in stormwater treatment ponds contained significant heavy metal concentrations and (2) if there were differences in heavy metal concentrations between species with different foraging strategies. Redear sunfish from stormwater ponds contained significantly higher (p<0.005) concentrations of cadmium, nickel, copper, lead, and zinc than redear from controls. Largemouth bass collected from stormwater ponds contained significantly higher (p<0.005) concentrations of cadmium and zinc than those from control sites. Bluegill from stormwater ponds contained significant copper concentrations (p<0.005) as compared to bluegill from control sites. © 1994 Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

Publication Date

10-1-1994

Publication Title

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volume

27

Issue

3

Number of Pages

352-356

Document Type

Article

Identifier

scopus

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00213171

Socpus ID

0028068632 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0028068632

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