Distribution of heavy metals in mangrove snail Cerithedea obtusa : A biological insight

Snails Cerithidea obtusa (9 populations) were collected, in 2010, from three selected sites (Lukut, Sepang Besar and Tumpat) from Peninsular Malaysia. The different parts (shell, digestive tract (DT), muscle, foot, cephalic tentacle (CT), remainder soft tissues (RST) and operculum) of the snails) we...

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Main Authors: Yap, Chee Kong, Omar, Hishamuddin, Nulit, Rosimah, Cheng, Wan Hee, EdwardThomas, Franklin Berandah, Venkateskumar, Krishnamoorthy, Zainoren, Aisyah Azlina, Bakhtiari, Alireza R.
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Published: Nova Science Publishers 2017
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63079/1/Distribution%20of%20heavy%20metals%20in%20mangrove%20snail%20Cerithedea%20obtusa%20A%20biological%20insight.pdf
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author Yap, Chee Kong
Omar, Hishamuddin
Nulit, Rosimah
Cheng, Wan Hee
EdwardThomas, Franklin Berandah
Venkateskumar, Krishnamoorthy
Zainoren, Aisyah Azlina
Bakhtiari, Alireza R.
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Omar, Hishamuddin
Nulit, Rosimah
Cheng, Wan Hee
EdwardThomas, Franklin Berandah
Venkateskumar, Krishnamoorthy
Zainoren, Aisyah Azlina
Bakhtiari, Alireza R.
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description Snails Cerithidea obtusa (9 populations) were collected, in 2010, from three selected sites (Lukut, Sepang Besar and Tumpat) from Peninsular Malaysia. The different parts (shell, digestive tract (DT), muscle, foot, cephalic tentacle (CT), remainder soft tissues (RST) and operculum) of the snails) were evaluated for the concentrations of Cu, Ni, Fe and Zn. Different levels of metals were found in the different snail parts in which the highest levels of Cu, Fe, Ni and Zn were observed in RST, operculum, CT and DT, respectively, confirming the results reported by Edward et al. (2010a). Generally, higher levels of metals were found in Tumpat populations with cases of higher number of shell whorls. This phenomenon could possibly be caused by unknown anthropogenic inputs besides natural sources in Tumpat with possibility of genetic polymorphism. Present findings should merit further investigation from an ecotoxicological genetic point of view on this popular edible mangrove snail species in this
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spelling upm-630792020-03-17T08:35:46Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63079/ Distribution of heavy metals in mangrove snail Cerithedea obtusa : A biological insight Yap, Chee Kong Omar, Hishamuddin Nulit, Rosimah Cheng, Wan Hee EdwardThomas, Franklin Berandah Venkateskumar, Krishnamoorthy Zainoren, Aisyah Azlina Bakhtiari, Alireza R. Snails Cerithidea obtusa (9 populations) were collected, in 2010, from three selected sites (Lukut, Sepang Besar and Tumpat) from Peninsular Malaysia. The different parts (shell, digestive tract (DT), muscle, foot, cephalic tentacle (CT), remainder soft tissues (RST) and operculum) of the snails) were evaluated for the concentrations of Cu, Ni, Fe and Zn. Different levels of metals were found in the different snail parts in which the highest levels of Cu, Fe, Ni and Zn were observed in RST, operculum, CT and DT, respectively, confirming the results reported by Edward et al. (2010a). Generally, higher levels of metals were found in Tumpat populations with cases of higher number of shell whorls. This phenomenon could possibly be caused by unknown anthropogenic inputs besides natural sources in Tumpat with possibility of genetic polymorphism. Present findings should merit further investigation from an ecotoxicological genetic point of view on this popular edible mangrove snail species in this Nova Science Publishers 2017 Book Section PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63079/1/Distribution%20of%20heavy%20metals%20in%20mangrove%20snail%20Cerithedea%20obtusa%20A%20biological%20insight.pdf Yap, Chee Kong and Omar, Hishamuddin and Nulit, Rosimah and Cheng, Wan Hee and EdwardThomas, Franklin Berandah and Venkateskumar, Krishnamoorthy and Zainoren, Aisyah Azlina and Bakhtiari, Alireza R. (2017) Distribution of heavy metals in mangrove snail Cerithedea obtusa : A biological insight. In: Snails: Biodiversity, Biology and Behavioral Insights. Nova Science Publishers, U.S.A, 189 - 216. ISBN 8791536118889 http://www.prims.upm.edu.my/ , http://www.prims.upm.edu.my/pub/dokumen/pub_book_chapter/20171224012536Snail_Book_Cover_pages.pdf
spellingShingle Yap, Chee Kong
Omar, Hishamuddin
Nulit, Rosimah
Cheng, Wan Hee
EdwardThomas, Franklin Berandah
Venkateskumar, Krishnamoorthy
Zainoren, Aisyah Azlina
Bakhtiari, Alireza R.
Distribution of heavy metals in mangrove snail Cerithedea obtusa : A biological insight
title Distribution of heavy metals in mangrove snail Cerithedea obtusa : A biological insight
title_full Distribution of heavy metals in mangrove snail Cerithedea obtusa : A biological insight
title_fullStr Distribution of heavy metals in mangrove snail Cerithedea obtusa : A biological insight
title_full_unstemmed Distribution of heavy metals in mangrove snail Cerithedea obtusa : A biological insight
title_short Distribution of heavy metals in mangrove snail Cerithedea obtusa : A biological insight
title_sort distribution of heavy metals in mangrove snail cerithedea obtusa : a biological insight
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