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Table 3 Mean concentration of MT (μg/g ± S.D) in the livers, gills, and muscle of Asian swamp eels based on four paddy seasons

From: Seasonal variation of heavy metals and metallothionein contents in Asian swamp eels, Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793) from Tumpat, Kelantan, Malaysia

[MT]

Season

Livers

Gills

Muscle

Plowing

2278.38 ± 875.65a

1535.5 ± 408.38a

1593.5 ± 387.14ab

Seedling

1661.34 ± 393.58b

1525.37 ± 415.6a

1504.12 ± 528.11ab

Growing

1707.23 ± 508.22b

1776.38 ± 398.69a

1339.95 ± 232.33b

Harvesting

1900.81 ± 450.27ab

1671.15 ± 249.8a

1681.52 ± 214.32a

  1. Remark: Objects indicated with different alphabet p < 0.05, objects indicated with same alphabet p > 0.05