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ReviewBiological trace element research2022

Heavy Metal Pollution in Aquaculture: Sources, Impacts and Mitigation Techniques.

Ebuka Chizitere Emenike, Kingsley O Iwuozor, Stella Ukamaka Anidiobi

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Review in Biological trace element research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39citing papers in PubMed
16.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 244 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ebuka Chizitere EmenikeDepartment of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, P. M. B. 5025, Awka, Nigeria. emenikechizitere@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7117-3265
Kingsley O IwuozorDepartment of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, P. M. B. 5025, Awka, Nigeria. kingsleyiwuozor5@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1161-2147
Stella Ukamaka AnidiobiDepartment of Chemistry, University of Lagos, P. M. B. 1029, Lagos, Nigeria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-1858
Nnamdi Azikiwe University · NGUniversity of Lagos · NG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing agro-industries as it presently accounts for nearly 50% of all fish for direct human consumption and 43% of total seafood supply. Fish provide about 20% average daily intake of animal protein for about 3.2 billion people globally. The treatment of aquaculture in recent years for the mitigation of heavy metals and other contaminants has been gaining traction due to the benefits of aquaculture to both man and the environment. This paper provides a review of the sources, impacts, and the various methods that have been deployed in recent years by various researchers for the treatment of heavy metal contaminated aquaculture. Related works of literature were obtained and compiled from academic search databases and were carefully analysed in this study. The dangers these metals pose to the sustainability of aquaculture were studied in this review. Studies indicate that some heavy metals, such as mercury, lead, and cadmium, due to their long-term persistence in the environment, allow them to accumulate in the food chain. Mitigation techniques such as adsorption, bio-sorption, and phytoremediation have been deployed for the treatment of heavy metal contaminated aquaculture. Some research gaps were also highlighted which could form the basis for future research, such as research centred on the effects of these metals on the embryonic development of aquaculture organisms and the alterations the metals caused in their stages of development.

Indexed as

MercuryMetals, HeavyWater Pollutants, ChemicalAnimalsAquacultureEnvironmental MonitoringFishesHumansMercuryMetals, HeavyWater Pollutants, ChemicalAquacultureBiosorptionFishesHeavy metalsPhytoremediationPollution

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PMID34813030
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