Bioaccumulation of Some Trace elements in muscles of two species of fishes inEuphrates River near the center of Suq Al-Shouyukh city- south Iraq

Abstract

The present study involved the estimation of the concentration of four trace elements (cadmium ,copper, lead and zinic) in muscles of two species of fishes Barbus luteus and Liza aba collected from the Euphrates river near Suq-Al-Shouyokh city center south of Iraq, during the period winter and summer 2014 , as an indicator for Bioaccumulation of some trace element into tropic level in the aquatic system :water

Keywords

• Trace elements
• Sediment,
• Bioaccumulation
• Fish