Heavy metal concentrations in the razor clams (solen spp) from Muara Tebas, Sarawak

• Main Authors: Kanakaraju, Devagi, Jios, Connie, Mohd Long, Shabdin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pusat Pengajian Sains Kimia dan Teknologi Makanan Fakulti Sains dan Teknologi, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2008
• Subjects: AC Collections. Series. Collected works
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2273/1/Devagi.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2273/; http://www.ukm.my/mjas/

The razor clams (Solen spp) or locally known as ‘ambal’ in Sarawak collected from Muara Tebas were studied for their heavy metals contents in tissues and shells. Sediment samples were also tested for their metal contents. Concentrations of Pb, Fe, Zn, Cu, Cd and Mn were determined by using Flame At...