Biomonitoring of heavy metals in intertidal snails: the importance of aquatic ecosystem management

• Main Authors: Yap, Chee Kong, Md Suptian, Fairuz, Cosmas, Nelson, Cheng, Wan Hee, Omar, Hishamuddin, Nulit, Rosimah, Edward Thomas, Franklin Berandah, Karami, A., Al-Shami, Salman Abdo
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Nova Science Publishers 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63035/1/Biomonitoring%20of%20heavy%20metals%20in%20intertidal%20snails.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63035/

Samplings of intertidal snails were done in January-April 2005 along the northern part of Peninsular Malaysia. Five taxa of intertidal snails (Pomacea canaliculata, Nerita lineata, Chicoreus capucinus, Thais sp. and Telescopium telescopium) were analysed for Cd, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb and Zn. Based on the a...