Abstract:
A study on the heavy metal concentrations m two seahorse species, Hippocampus
trimaculatus and Hippocampus spinossisimus were carried out. The seahorse samples
were separated according to its length and sex. Concentrations of Fe, Cu, Mn, Al and
Zn were determined using nitric acid digestion method and then analyzed with
Inductively-Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES). Results
showed that the mean concentration of Al and Fe decrease as the length of the
seahorse increases. Cu, Zn and Mn do not show any distinct relation between the
concentration and the seahorse size. The result from this study does not show any
significant difference in concentration of Al, Cu, Zn, Mn and Fe between the males
and females in both species.
