Trace metals in Penaeid shrimp and Spiny lobster from the Bay of Bengal

Abstract

Seasonal variation of trace metal (Cu, Pb, Zn, Ni, Cd, Mn, Fe and Cr) concentrations in abdominal tissue and cephalothorax of Penaeid shrimp (Penaeus monodon) and Spiny lobster (Panulirus polyphagus) from the offshore fishing grounds of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh coast were analyzed from January to December 1996 by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Metal concentrations (µg.g -1