Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals in Horseshoe Crabs (Tachypleus gigas) from Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Yunus, Kamaruzzaman, John, Akbar, Megat, Aqilah, Kassim, Zaleha
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academic Journals Inc. 2011
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QH Natural history
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/21796/1/222-228.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/21796/; http://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=rjet.2011.222.228
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

An attempt was made to determine the various heavy metal accumulative concentrations in different body parts of horseshoe crab [Tachypleus gigas (Muller, 1785)]. Heavy metal accumulation levels were determined using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). Highest mean concentration (μ...