Assessment of some heavy metal accumulation and potential health risk for three fish species from three consecutive bay in North-Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Due to rapid urbanization and industrialization especially near water resources, heavy metal pollution in both water and inland environments have been studied all around the world. In this study, some selected heavy metals (Al, Sr, Cd, Co, Ni and, Pb) and fish species (Mullus barbatus, Solea solea, and Siganus rivulatus) from three Bays (İskenderun, Mersin, and Antalya from North-Eastern Mediterranean Sea) were used for heavy metal accumulation level evaluation and health risk assessment on both general and fish populations. A variety of accumulation patterns for considered metals were observed in tissues. Significant (p