Assessment of heavy metal pollution in the Straits of Johore by using transplanted caged mussel, Perna viridis

• Main Authors: Ng, Eugene Yew Jing, Yap, Chee Kong, Zakaria, Mohamad Pauzi, Tan, Soon Guan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40647/1/8.%20Assessment%20of%20heavy%20metal%20pollution%20in%20the%20straits%20of%20Johore%20by%20using%20transplanted%20caged%20mussel%2C%20Perna%20viridis.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40647/; http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JST%20Vol.%2021%20%281%29%20Jan.%202013/07.%20%20Page%2075-96.pdf

In this study, a polluted site at Kg. Pasir Puteh was assessed for heavy metal pollution by using transplanted caged mussel (Perna viridis) from a relatively clean population, Sg. Melayu; both are located in the Strait of Johore. For control purposes, the P. viridis from Kg. Pasir Puteh were also si...