US EPA

1784523 

Journal Article 

Silver and other trace elements in a freshwater fish, Carassius auratus langsdorfii, from the Asakawa River in Tokyo, Japan 

Yamazaki, M; Tanizaki, Y; Shimokawa, T 

1996 

Yes 

Environmental Pollution
ISSN: 0269-7491
EISSN: 1873-6424 

BIOSIS/97/07099 

94 

1 

83-90 

English 

15093521 

10.1016/S0269-7491(96)00053-X 

WOS:A1996WD02200011 

BIOSIS COPYRIGHT: BIOL ABS. The concentrations of silver (Ag) in a typical freshwater fish in Japan, Carasius auratus langsdorfii, and some other species have been determined to examine the Ag-contamination offish and to specify the Ag accumulating species and part. They were dissected roughly into four parts, and analyzed by an instrumental neutron activation analysis. It was found that Ag was accumulated in the samples from the Asakawa River, and that the Ag concentration in the entrails of C. auratus langsdorfii reached 12 mumg g-1. The analysis of a C. auratus langsdorfii, which was dissected into 13 individual organs, showed that the Ag was accumulated highly in the liver, followed by the gallbladder and kidney. The inter-species and inter-part distributions of other trace elements have also been studied. 

Ecology; Biochemical Studies-Minerals; Digestive System-Physiology and Biochemistry; Toxicology-Environmental and Industrial Toxicology; Public Health: Environmental Health-Air; Osteichthyes