Consumption of Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus 1758) by selective shell size reduces heavy metal toxicity risk and overfishing in Tawau, North Borneo

• Main Authors: Diana Demiyah Mohd Hamdan, Laila Udin, Fazilah Musa, Rohana Tair
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
• Subjects: GC Oceanography; QD Chemistry
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30091/1/Consumption%20of%20Meretrix%20meretrix%20%28Linnaeus%201758%29%20by%20selective%20shell%20size%20reduces%20heavy%20metal%20toxicity%20risk%20and%20overfishing%20in%20Tawau%2C%20North%20Borneo%20ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30091/; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/tqem.21686; https://doi.org/10.1002/tqem.21686

Meretrix meretrix can accumulate heavy metals from the contaminated environment in its tissues and passed on these elements through the food chain, which can cause health hazards. The mean size distribution of the M. meretrix wild population at Batu Payung, Tawau, North Borneo, was determined by the...