A mini-review of toxicokinetics and toxicity of heavy metals in marine and freshwater fish


Published: Apr 29, 2022
Keywords:
Fish Heavy metals Bio-kinetics Bioaccumulation Toxicity
Fetta Mehouel
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9771-2183
Scott W. Fowler
Abstract

The aquatic environment continues to be polluted by anthropogenic activities that cause heavy metals contamination of fish. These trace metals contaminants are present in abundance in the aquatic environment because their inputs also originate from several natural processes. In addition, they are bioaccumulative, persistent and non-biodegradable over time. Therefore the present mini-review accounts for to assesses the bio-kinetics and known effects of the heavy metals and their toxicity in fish. Among the most toxic metals are arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb) and mercury (Hg), and they have been the primary focus of many aquatic ecotoxicological studies in recent years. According to the previous studies analyzed; heavy metals bioaccumulate in the body of fish, whose kinetic activity depends on the metal and also varies from one fish species to another, and can cause irregular and sometimes devastating effects in different organs and systems of the body, acute or chronic, depending on the duration of exposure and the dose of metal assimilated through water or food. Metal uptake can affect all life stages of fish, and these effects are a function of the concentration of the metal in the surrounding environment, its chemical form and also the type of the water in which it lives; fresh or marine.

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Fetta Mehouel, Saad DAHLAB University, Blida, Algeria

Institute of Veterinary Sciences of Blida1 , Blida, Algeria.

 

  PhD

 

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