?INORGANIC ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS OF WILD CATLA CATLA IN RELATION TO GROWTH

Authors

  • Abdus Salami Institute of Pure and Applied Biology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan "
  • Javed Akhter Mahmood Institute of Pure and Applied Biology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan "
  • Qurrat-ul-Aen Akhtar Institute of Pure and Applied Biology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan "
  • Tariq Mahmood Ansari Department of Chemistry, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan
  • Naheed Tariq Department of Chemistry, Government College for Women, Muzaffargarh, Dera Ghazi Khan Division, Pakistan

Keywords:

Catla catla, Inorganic elemental concentrations, Growth

Abstract

Forty nine Catla catla samples of variable sizes caught from the River Chenab, Pakistan were studied for inorganic
elemental concentrations in relation to body size. It was observed that the total quantity of elements i.e. sodium, potas-
sium, calcium, magnesium, manganese, iron, nickel, copper, zinc and lead was found to increase isometrically with body
weight. Whereas only sodium, potassium, magnesium, zinc and lead showed positive allometry and the remaining ele-
ments showed isometry with increasing length. Cobalt, chromium and cadmium were not quantifiable.

Published

1998-10-19

How to Cite

Salami, A., Mahmood, J. A., Akhtar, Q.- ul-A., Ansari, T. M., & Tariq, N. (1998). ?INORGANIC ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS OF WILD CATLA CATLA IN RELATION TO GROWTH. Biological Sciences - PJSIR, 41(5), 247–250. Retrieved from https://v2.pjsir.org/index.php/biological-sciences/article/view/2283

Issue

Vol. 41 No. 5 (1998): Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Section

Articles