Distributions of organochlorine pesticides in sediment and aquatic biota: Benzenehexachlorides (BHCS) / Azlina Mat Saad and Fadli Fizari Abu Hassan Asari
The usage of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), which is also known as persistent organic pollutants (POPs), is either prohibited or restricted. However, a number of studies on sediments and aquatic biotas including fish and shellfish revealed that most of the compounds for instance Benzenehexachlori...
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| author | Mat Saad, Azlina Hassan Asari, Fadli Fizari Abu |
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| description | The usage of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), which is also known as persistent organic pollutants (POPs), is either prohibited or restricted. However, a number of studies on sediments and aquatic biotas including fish and shellfish revealed that most of the compounds for instance Benzenehexachlorides (BHCs) group are still present in the
environment. Aquatic biotas can be used as bioindicator to monitor the concentrations of BHCs in the aquatic systems
such as rivers and oceans. At the same time, sediments can also be used to investigate the existence of BHCs in the
environment. Sediments serve as a home for benthic biota such as worms and clams, which are commonly consumed
by fish and benthic feeders. OCPs are easily absorbed on suspended particulate organic matter due to their high
octanol–water partition coefficient (Kow) which accumulated in bed sediments, which makes the sediments as potential contamination source. |
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| spelling | uitm-341192021-06-24T09:31:17Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/34119/ Distributions of organochlorine pesticides in sediment and aquatic biota: Benzenehexachlorides (BHCS) / Azlina Mat Saad and Fadli Fizari Abu Hassan Asari Mat Saad, Azlina Hassan Asari, Fadli Fizari Abu Ecology Ecosystem health Toxicity testing The usage of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), which is also known as persistent organic pollutants (POPs), is either prohibited or restricted. However, a number of studies on sediments and aquatic biotas including fish and shellfish revealed that most of the compounds for instance Benzenehexachlorides (BHCs) group are still present in the environment. Aquatic biotas can be used as bioindicator to monitor the concentrations of BHCs in the aquatic systems such as rivers and oceans. At the same time, sediments can also be used to investigate the existence of BHCs in the environment. Sediments serve as a home for benthic biota such as worms and clams, which are commonly consumed by fish and benthic feeders. OCPs are easily absorbed on suspended particulate organic matter due to their high octanol–water partition coefficient (Kow) which accumulated in bed sediments, which makes the sediments as potential contamination source. 2019 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/34119/1/34119.pdf Mat Saad, Azlina and Hassan Asari, Fadli Fizari Abu (2019) Distributions of organochlorine pesticides in sediment and aquatic biota: Benzenehexachlorides (BHCS) / Azlina Mat Saad and Fadli Fizari Abu Hassan Asari. (2019) In: e-proceedings Design Decoded 2019, 19 / 20 June 2019, Mangrove Tourism Complex, Sungai Merbok 08000 Sungai Petani, Kedah. |
| spellingShingle | Ecology Ecosystem health Toxicity testing Mat Saad, Azlina Hassan Asari, Fadli Fizari Abu Distributions of organochlorine pesticides in sediment and aquatic biota: Benzenehexachlorides (BHCS) / Azlina Mat Saad and Fadli Fizari Abu Hassan Asari |
| title | Distributions of organochlorine pesticides in sediment and aquatic biota: Benzenehexachlorides (BHCS) / Azlina Mat Saad and Fadli Fizari Abu Hassan Asari |
| title_full | Distributions of organochlorine pesticides in sediment and aquatic biota: Benzenehexachlorides (BHCS) / Azlina Mat Saad and Fadli Fizari Abu Hassan Asari |
| title_fullStr | Distributions of organochlorine pesticides in sediment and aquatic biota: Benzenehexachlorides (BHCS) / Azlina Mat Saad and Fadli Fizari Abu Hassan Asari |
| title_full_unstemmed | Distributions of organochlorine pesticides in sediment and aquatic biota: Benzenehexachlorides (BHCS) / Azlina Mat Saad and Fadli Fizari Abu Hassan Asari |
| title_short | Distributions of organochlorine pesticides in sediment and aquatic biota: Benzenehexachlorides (BHCS) / Azlina Mat Saad and Fadli Fizari Abu Hassan Asari |
| title_sort | distributions of organochlorine pesticides in sediment and aquatic biota: benzenehexachlorides (bhcs) / azlina mat saad and fadli fizari abu hassan asari |
| topic | Ecology Ecosystem health Toxicity testing |
| url | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/34119/ |