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Interspecific variation of heavy metal concentrations in the different tissues of tropical intertidal gastropods from Malaysia.


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Edward Thomas, Franklin Berandah and Yap, Chee Kong and Tan, Soon Guan (2010) Interspecific variation of heavy metal concentrations in the different tissues of tropical intertidal gastropods from Malaysia. Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry, 92 (6). pp. 1121-1134. ISSN 0277–2248

Abstract

The present study aims to determine the concentrations of Cd, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, and Zn in the different tissues of five species of tropical intertidal gastropods from Malaysia. Each of the species have organs/tissues that highly accumulated certain metals. For Cu, the mantles of Cerithidea obtusa, Pugilina cochlidium, and Murex trapa; and the digestive caeca of Thais sp. and Chicoreus capucinus highly accumulated Cu. The shells of Chi. capucinus and M. trapa, the digestive caeca of P. cochlidium, and the digestive glands of Thais sp. and Chi. capucinus highly accumulated Cd. The tentacles and the digestive caeca of Cer. obtusa and P. cochlidium, respectively, highly accumulated Zn, the digestive glands of Thais sp., Chi. capucinus, and M. trapa also highly accumulated Zn. The shells of most of the gastropods accumulated high levels of Pb and Ni. The opercula of most of the gastropods, besides the digestive glands for Thais sp., accumulated high levels of Fe. The present study on interspecific variations of heavy metals in gastropods provided information on differences of metal distributions in the different tissues, which could be useful in proposing potential tissues as better biomonitoring tools of heavy metal bioavailabilities in the coastal waters of Peninsular Malaysia.


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Item Type: Article
Subject: Snails - Effect of heavy metals on - Malaysia
Subject: Gastropoda - Malaysia
Divisions: Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1080/02772240903252165
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Keywords: Gastropods; Heavy metals; Different tissues; Biomonitoring.
Depositing User: Ms. Nida Hidayati Ghazali
Date Deposited: 15 Aug 2012 08:44
Last Modified: 10 Sep 2015 04:35
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15278
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