Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals in Water, Sediments, and Tissues and Their Histopathological Effects on Anodonta cygnea (Linea, 1876) in Kabul River, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Joint Authors
Khan, Muhammad Iftikhar
Khisroon, Muhammad
Khan, Ajmal
Gulfam, Naila
Siraj, Muhammad
Zaidi, Farrah
Ahmadullah, Farrah
Abidullah, Farrah
Fatima, Syeda Hira
Noreen, Shumaila
Hamidullah, Shumaila
Shah, Zafar Ali
Qadir, Fazli
Source
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-03-06
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The present investigation aimed to assess the concentrations of selected heavy metals in water and sediments and their bioaccumulation in tissues of freshwater mussels and their histopathological effects on the digestive gland, gills, and gonads of Anodonta cygnea.
Water, sediments, and freshwater mussel samples were collected at four sites, that is, reference and polluted sites, along the Kabul River, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The polluted sites were receiving effluents from the industrial, agricultural, municipal, and domestic sources.
The order of metals in the water was Zn>Pb>Ni>Cu>Mn>Fe>Cr>Cd, in sediments the order was Fe>Zn>Cr>Ni>Mn>Pb>Cu>Cd, and in the soft tissues the order was Fe>Zn>Mn>Pb>Cu>Cr>Ni>Cd.
Histopathological alterations observed in polluted sites of Kabul River were inflammation, hydropic vacuolation, and lipofuscin pigments (in digestive gland), gill lamellar fusion, dilated hemolymphatic sinus, clumping, and generation of cilia and hemocytic infiltration (in gills), and atresia, necrosis, granulocytoma, hemocytic infiltration, and lipofuscin pigments (in gonads).
The histopathological alterations in the organs of Anodonta cygnea can be considered as reliable biomarkers in biomonitoring of heavy metal pollution in aquatic ecosystems.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Khan, Muhammad Iftikhar& Khisroon, Muhammad& Khan, Ajmal& Gulfam, Naila& Siraj, Muhammad& Zaidi, Farrah…[et al.]. 2018. Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals in Water, Sediments, and Tissues and Their Histopathological Effects on Anodonta cygnea (Linea, 1876) in Kabul River, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1124750
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Khan, Muhammad Iftikhar…[et al.]. Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals in Water, Sediments, and Tissues and Their Histopathological Effects on Anodonta cygnea (Linea, 1876) in Kabul River, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. BioMed Research International No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1124750
American Medical Association (AMA)
Khan, Muhammad Iftikhar& Khisroon, Muhammad& Khan, Ajmal& Gulfam, Naila& Siraj, Muhammad& Zaidi, Farrah…[et al.]. Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals in Water, Sediments, and Tissues and Their Histopathological Effects on Anodonta cygnea (Linea, 1876) in Kabul River, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. BioMed Research International. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1124750
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1124750