Mussel watch in Malaysia : past, present and future
This book reviews the major aspects of ecology and ecotoxicology of Perna viridis around the Asia-Pacific coastal waters especially in Malaysia with special reference to heavy metals. This book provides a good start for biomonitoring heavy metal pollution in Malaysia by implementing the Mussel watch...
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| description | This book reviews the major aspects of ecology and ecotoxicology of Perna viridis around the Asia-Pacific coastal waters especially in Malaysia with special reference to heavy metals. This book provides a good start for biomonitoring heavy metal pollution in Malaysia by implementing the Mussel watch approach which is cost effective and widely recognized worldwide. The author has published more than 60 refereed papers on P. viridis in Malaysia from studies carried out from 1998 until 2007 and thus justifiably able to compile the relevant information to write this book on Mussel watch in Malaysia. He has arranged the list of contents by focusing on the criteria for a good biomonitor which mostly fulfilled. Past, present and future prospects of research opportunities related to
this species are also discussed in this book. |
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| spelling | upm-324662015-01-29T01:58:58Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32466/ Mussel watch in Malaysia : past, present and future Yap, Chee Kong This book reviews the major aspects of ecology and ecotoxicology of Perna viridis around the Asia-Pacific coastal waters especially in Malaysia with special reference to heavy metals. This book provides a good start for biomonitoring heavy metal pollution in Malaysia by implementing the Mussel watch approach which is cost effective and widely recognized worldwide. The author has published more than 60 refereed papers on P. viridis in Malaysia from studies carried out from 1998 until 2007 and thus justifiably able to compile the relevant information to write this book on Mussel watch in Malaysia. He has arranged the list of contents by focusing on the criteria for a good biomonitor which mostly fulfilled. Past, present and future prospects of research opportunities related to this species are also discussed in this book. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2012 Book NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32466/1/Mussel%20watch%20in%20Malaysia.pdf Yap, Chee Kong (2012) Mussel watch in Malaysia : past, present and future. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press, Serdang,Selangor. ISBN 9789673442645 |
| spellingShingle | Yap, Chee Kong Mussel watch in Malaysia : past, present and future |
| title | Mussel watch in Malaysia : past, present and future |
| title_full | Mussel watch in Malaysia : past, present and future |
| title_fullStr | Mussel watch in Malaysia : past, present and future |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mussel watch in Malaysia : past, present and future |
| title_short | Mussel watch in Malaysia : past, present and future |
| title_sort | mussel watch in malaysia : past, present and future |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32466/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32466/1/Mussel%20watch%20in%20Malaysia.pdf |