Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals by Green mussel Perna viridis (Linnaeus ,1758) from Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia

• Main Authors: John, Akbar, Yunus, Kamaruzzaman, Md Suhaimi, Mohd Zahir, Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal, Saad, Shahbudin
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/2112/1/sabah_confernce_SANREM_2010.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/2112/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Numerous factors influences the bioaccumulation of heavy metal in mollusks tissues. Some time this accumulation may reach above the background concentration. Different tissues of any organism accumulate metals at different concentration and at different rates and the biological half-lives of metals...