Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in some commercially important fishes from a tropical river estuary suggests higher potential health risk in children than adults

• A. S. Shafiuddin Ahmed,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Fisheries and Marine Science, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh

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• Sharmin Sultana,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, National University, Gazipur, Bangladesh

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• Ahasan Habib ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: a.habib@umt.edu.my

  Affiliations Department of Fisheries and Marine Science, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh, Faculty of Fisheries and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1702-6111

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• Hadayet Ullah,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Southern Seas Ecology Laboratories, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, SA, Australia

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• Najiah Musa,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Fisheries and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia

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• M. Belal Hossain,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Fisheries and Marine Science, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh

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• Md. Mahfujur Rahman,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Statistics, Cumilla University, Cumilla, Bangladesh

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• Md. Shafiqul Islam Sarker

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Forensic Science Laboratory, Rapid Action Battalions Headquarters, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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