Species

Analysis of variances (ANOVA) followed by Newman-Keuls test

Cd

Pb

Cr

Ni

Cu

Hg

As

Zn

Mn

F. notialis

0.32^a

0.13^a

0.50^a

1.72^a

55.05^a

0.012^a

0.53^a

40.14^a

23.10^a

C. amnicola

2.41^b

0.34^a

1.19^a

1.37^a

54.32^a

0.014^a

0.50^a

71.12^bc

166.24^b

E. melanopterus

0.13^ac

0.14^a

0.56^a

0.90^a

2.81^b

0.020^a

0.55^a

63.92^bc

61.39^aij

E. fimbriata

0.21^a

0.48^a

0.34^a

0.98^a

3.49^bc

0.026^a

0.68^a

61.80^bdi

51.22^ai

C. hippos

0.19^ad

0.69^ab

0.18^a

0.67^a

1.55^bd

0.007^a

1.30^b

44.10^acdi

10.15^a

P. fusca

1.47^e

0.82^a

2.52^b

3.43^ab

49.24^a

0.018^a

0.62^a

50.38^acd

354.84^c

M. perna

2.96^b

6.33^c

2.77^bc

9.38^c

25.46^e

0.146^b

3.72^c

111.65^e

96.29^dgi

Pagurus sp.

0.98^cdf

1.83^bd

3.90^d

32.82^d

137.41^f

0.020^a

2.15^d

137.80^f

206.33^e

G. paradoxa

2.83^b

4.07^e

2.76b^e

5.27^be

19.54^eg

0.081^c

3.75^ce

79.55^bg

104.18^fgj

T. zillii

0.07^af

0.33^a

0.17^a

0.45^bf

1.88^bh

0.009^a

0.25^a

19.95^h

16.09^a

F Values

27.89

41.56

17.2

94.58

98.4

37.02

130.37

43.97

59.99

p Values

0.0001

0.0001

0.0001

0.0001

0.0001

0.0001

0.0001

0.0001

0.0001