The concentrations of heavy metals in different tissues of horseshoe crabs collected from intertidal areas of Johor, Peninsular Malaysia.
Horseshoe crabs (Tachypleus gigas) were collected from the intertidal areas of Tampok, Pontian Besar and Kg. Pasir Puteh in Johore, in May 2007. They were dissected into five parts namely carapace, muscle (from foot), operculum, gills and fillet. For each site, the different tissues from the animals...
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Malaysian Society of Applied Biology
2008
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Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17039/1/The%20concentrations%20of%20heavy%20metals%20in%20different%20tissues%20of%20horseshoe%20crabs%20collected%20from%20intertidal%20areas%20of%20Johor.pdf |