Journal of Marine Science and Engineering Article Bioconcentration of Essential and Nonessential Elements in Black Sea Turbot (Psetta Maxima Maeotica Linnaeus, 1758) in Relation to Fish Gender 1, 1,2 2, 2 Ira-Adeline Simionov y, Victor Cristea , Stefan-Mihai Petrea y , Alina Mogodan , 3 4 5, Mircea Nicoara , Emanuel Stefan Baltag , Stefan-Adrian Strungaru y and Caterina Faggio 6,* 1 Multidisciplinary Research Platform (ReForm) University of Gala¸ti,800008 Galat, i, Romania;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +39-090-676-5213 These authors contributed equally to this work. y Received: 5 November 2019; Accepted: 15 December 2019; Published: 17 December 2019 Abstract: This study investigates the influence of gender in the bioconcentration of essential and nonessential elements in different parts of Black Sea turbot (Psetta maxima maeotica) body, from an area considered under high anthropogenic pressure (the Constanta City Black Sea Coastal Area in Romania). A number of 13 elements (Ca, Mg, Na, K, Fe, Zn, Mn, Cu, Ni, Cr, As, Pb and Cd) were measured in various sample types: muscle, stomach, stomach content, intestine, intestine content, gonads, liver, spleen, gills and caudal fin.