A study on the potential of the periostracum of Perna viridis as a biomonitoring material for Pb in tropical coastal waters based on correlation analysis

• Main Authors: Yap, Chee Kong, Tan, Soon Guan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22274/1/A%20study%20on%20the%20potential%20of%20the%20periostracum%20of%20Perna%20viridis%20as%20a%20biomonitoring%20material%20for%20Pb%20in%20tropical%20coastal%20waters%20based%20on%20correlation%20analysis.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22274/; http://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol40num8_2011/contentsVol40num8_2011.html

The periostracum is the outermost layer overlying the inner prismatic and nacreous layers of the shells of bivalves. In the present study, the distributions of Cd and Pb in the soft tissues (ST) and periostracum of the green-lipped mussel Perna viridis sampled from 15 sampling sites in the coastal w...