Bioaccumulation of some heavy metals (Pb, Cd and Cu)‎ in common carp Cyprinus carpio relevant to their concentration in water and sediment of al-masab alamm for al-Nassiriyia City

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Concentration of some heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Cu) were determined in water, sediments and tissues of Cyprinus carpio collected from Al-Masab Alamm during winter 2010.

The concentrations of the heavy metals in water were within the international permissible level Cu had the highest accumulating level in liver and muscles, whilst Cd had the lowest.

The Bio-Concentration Factors (B.C.F) and Bio-Sedimentation Factors (B.S.F) of all metals in fish from water were greater than those from sediments.

This lead to the conclusion that fish bioaccumulation source with these metals was from water.