Short and Long-Term Effects of Waterborne Cadmium on Growth and its Muscle Accumulation in Common Carp Fish (Cyprinus carpio), an Experimental Study

Common carp fish (Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758) were exposed to varying concentrations of waterborne cadmium (10, 50 and 100 ppb) during 30, 60 and 90 days, respectively. At the end of each experiment time, the influence of cadmium on fish growth parameters including total length (TL) and weight (W) were measured and its accumulation in muscles was also determined. Data obtained showed that although growth rate of fish in all cadmium treatments were lower than control group, this differences was not significant statistically (P>0.05). Our finding related to cadmium accumulation indicated that exposure to cadmium as cadmium chloride for 30, 60 and 90 days lead to a significant increase (P0,05). Bulgulara gore kadmiyumu kadmiyum klorid olarak muamele ettigimiz baliklarin kasta kadmiyum birikimi zamana gore 30, 60 ve 90 gunde oenmli bir artis gostermistir (P