| BIOMONITORING OF AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS OF CADMIUM,COPPER, LEAD AND ZINC IN THE COASTAL WETLAND WATER BY USING GILLS OF THE GREEN- LIPPED MUSSEL PERNA VIRIDIS |
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| 作者单位： | Department of Biology Faculty of Science University Putra Malaysia UPM 43400 Serdang Selangor Malaysia，Department of Biology Faculty of Science University Putra Malaysia UPM 43400 Serdang Selangor Malaysia，Department of Biology Faculty of Science University Putra Malaysia UPM 43400 Serdang Selangor Malaysia，Department of Biology Faculty of Science University Putra Malaysia UPM 43400 Serdang Selangor Malaysia |
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| 摘 要： | 1 INTRODUCTIONThe use of marine mussels for the biomonitoringpurposes is widely found in the literatures. However,the use of a particular tissue/organ for more accurateindicators of metal bioavailability and contaminationwere continually reported. For exa…
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BIOMONITORING OF AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS OF CADMIUM,COPPER, LEAD AND ZINC IN THE COASTAL WETLAND WATER BY USING GILLS OF THE GREEN- LIPPED MUSSEL PERNA VIRIDIS |
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| Authors: | Chee Kong Yap Ahmad Ismail Abdul Rahim Ismail Soon Guan Tan |
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| Abstract: | The distribution and concentrations of Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn were determined in the gills and remaining soft tissues of Perna viridis collected from 12 geographical sites (10 from the west and 2 from the east coastal waters) of Peninsular Malaysia. All samples showed that the levels of Cd, Pb and Zn were generally higher in the gill than those in the remaining soft tissues. These results could be due to the fact that gills are the first organ of metal accumulation and larger surface area with mucus sheets in the organ. Since the mussel gill is a better accumulator of Cd, Pb and Zn of ambient seawater than remaining soft tissue, it is a potential indicator of ambient levels of dissolved metals in the ambient seawater. However, further validations based on laboratory conditions are needed. |
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| Keywords: | gill heavy metals Perna viridis |
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