The impact of anthropogenic activities on heavy metal (Cd, Cu, Ph and Zn) pollution: Comparison of the metal levels in the green-lipped mussel perna viridis (Linnaeus) and in the sediment from a high activity site at Kg. Pasir Puteh and a relatively low activity site at Pasir Panjang

• Main Authors: Yap, Chee Kong, Ismail, Ahmad, Tan, Soon Guan, A., Rahim Ismail
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2004
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3583/1/The_Impact_of_Anthropogenic_Activities_on_Heavy_Metal_%28Cd%2C_Cu%2C_Ph.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3583/; http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JTAS%20Vol.%2027%20(1)%20Apr.%202004/09%20JTAS%20Vol.27%20(1)%202004%20(Pg%2073-78).pdf
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

It has been a common practice to select different environmental backgrounds in biomonitoring studies of heavy metal contamination (Yap et al. 2002a; 2002b; 2003a; 2003b). It is expected to obtain different pollutant concentrations in a selected biomonitoring agent. An interesting question that ma...