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Heavy metal concentration in horseshoe crab (Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda and Tachypleus gigas) eggs from Malaysian coastline


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Hajeb, Parvaneh and Christianus, Annie and Ismail, Ahmad and Shakibazadeh, Shahram and Saad, Che Roos (2009) Heavy metal concentration in horseshoe crab (Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda and Tachypleus gigas) eggs from Malaysian coastline. In: Biology and Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs. Springer, London, pp. 455-463. ISBN 9780387899589; EISBN: 9780387899596

Abstract

The level of trace elements (Cu, Zn, Fe, Ni, Pb, and Cd) was measured in eggs of horseshoe crabs, Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda, and Tachypleus gigas, from Malaysia. The concentrations (μg/g wet weight) of these elements in C. rotundicauda eggs ranged from 18.84 to 65.44 for Cu, 34.65 to 104.08 for Zn, 4.497 to 75.95 for Fe, 1.88 to 11.17 for Ni, 0.52 to 3.64 for Cd, and non-detectable for Pb. The level of these elements in T. gigas eggs was from 30.54 to 120.32 for Cu, 46.34 to 88.96 for Zn, 21.88 to 88.96 for Fe, 4.71 to 7.82 for Ni, 0.02 to 4.11 for Cd, and 10.00 to 25.84 for Pb. C. rotundicauda eggs showed significantly higher amounts of trace elements except for Ni and Cd. The heavy metals analyzed were higher than the range of permissible limit for human consumption.


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Item Type: Book Section
Divisions: Faculty of Agriculture
Faculty of Science
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-89959-6_28
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: Horseshoe crab eggs; Heavy metal
Depositing User: Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited: 10 Feb 2016 04:07
Last Modified: 10 Feb 2016 04:07
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13066
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