Determination of Heavy Metal Distributions in the Green-Lipped Mussel Perna viridis as Bioindicators of Heavy Metal Contamination in the Johore Straits and Senggarang, Peninsular Malaysia.

In this study, the patterns of the distributions and redistributions of heavy metals in the different soft tissues of Perna viridis were determined. Crystalline style and muscle were found to be sensitive organs to pollution as evidenced by total disturbances in the patterns of metal occurrences. Th...

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Main Authors: Yap, Chee Kong, Edward Thomas, Franklin Berandah, Tan, Soon Guan
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: Academic Journal Inc. 2007
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7349/1/Determination%20of%20Heavy%20Metal%20Distributions%20in%20the%20Green.pdf