Heavy metal concentrations in the different tissues of horseshoe crabs collected from intertidal sites of the polluted Juru River and the relatively unpolluted Sepang Besar River, Peninsular Malaysia

• Main Authors: Yap, Chee Kong, Setapa, Mohd Ruszaidi, Edward Thomas, Franklin Berandah, Tan, Soon Guan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Science, University of Malaya 2010
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14980/1/Heavy%20metal%20concentrations%20in%20the%20different%20tissues%20of%20horseshoe%20crabs%20collected%20from%20intertidal%20sites%20of%20the%20polluted%20Juru%20River%20and%20the%20relatively%20unpolluted%20Sepang%20Besar%20River%2C%20Peninsular%20Malaysia.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14980/; https://mjs.um.edu.my/article/view/7559/5184

Horseshoe crabs (Tachypleus gigas) were collected from intertidal sites of the polluted Juru River (Penang) and the relatively unpolluted Sepang Besar River (Selangor) in September and December 2007. They were dissected into six parts namely carapace, muscle, telson, leg, operculum and gills. For ea...