Distribution of Mercury in Rainbow Trout Tissues at Embryo-Larval and Juvenile Stages

Table 4

Total mercury concentrations found in individual tissues investigated.

	Mercury concentration (mgkg^−1) in individual tissues (𝑥 ± SD)
Group (month)	Embryos	Whole-body homogenate	Muscle	Liver	Kidney	Liver/muscle ratio
A 0.5	0.004±0.003	—	—	—	—	—
B 3	—	0.039±0.019	—	—	—	—
C 5	—	0.043±0.012	—	—	—	—
D 7	—	—	0.026±0.005	0.024±0.005	0.020±0.002	0.930±0.134
E 9	—	—	0.070±0.037	0.081±0.038	0.067±0.026	1.199±0.133
F 14	—	—	0.118±0.040	0.114±0.035	0.100±0.027	1.010±0.244
G 16	—	—	0.101±0.017	0.120±0.024	0.110±0.018	1.185±0.068
H 18	—	—	0.128±0.048	0.163±0.051	0.156±0.054	1.305±0.145