Egyptian journal of aquatic biology and fisheries | 2021
Impact of bioaccumulation and biosedimentation of some heavy metals on some biochemical responses in the sole fish, Solea solea inhabiting Lake Qarun, Egypt.
Abstract
Lake Qarun constitutes one of very important sectors in the Egyptian fisheries. Moreover, it is a closed elongated marine lake with irregular shape of about 40 km at length and about 6 km mean width (Figure 1). Lake Qarun containing different types of fish, snails and seabirds along the year. So, it is considered as one of the most important wintering and nesting sites for many species of the migratory birds. It is approximately 55000 feddans (22000 hectares) or approximately 107 square kilometers (Sabae& Ali, 2004; Ghanem, 2011; Sabae& Mohamed, 2015; Ragab, 2017; Bakry et al., 2018 and Mohamed, 2019). ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article History: Received: Dec. 21, 2020 Accepted: Jan. 2, 2021 Online: Jan. 7, 2021 _______________