Chee Kong Yap*, Krishnan Kumar, Hisyam MND, Wan Hee Cheng, Wan Mohd Syazwan, Noor Azrizal-Wahid, Rosimah Nulit, Mohd. Hafiz Ibrahim, Muskhazli Mustafa, Hideo Okamura, Yoshifumi Horie, Moslem Sharifinia, Mehrzad Keshavarzifard, Geetha Subramaniam, Meng Chuan Ong, Mohamad Saupi Ismail, and Franklin Berandah Edward
Volume3-Issue10
Dates: Received: 2022-10-02 | Accepted: 2022-10-17 | Published: 2022-10-19
Pages: 1224-1228
Abstract
Intertidal gastropods, Faunus ater (F. ater), were collected from four sampling sites in Peninsular Malaysia. It was found that the concentrations of Zinc (Zn) (mg/kg dry weight) ranged from 347.23 to 356.21 for Digestive Caecum (DC), 95.00 to 100.91 for foot, 102.73 to 109.00 for muscle, 42.73 to 177.72 for operculum, 87.57 to 161.76 for remainder, and 24.42 to 53.96 for shell of F. ater. Current results indicate that the intertidal waters of Pantai Sri Tujoh has a higher bioavailability of Zn and require further research. According to the current findings, F. ater may be employed as a biomonitor of Zn pollution and bioavailability.
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Yap CK, Kumar K, Hisyam MND, Cheng WH, Syazwan WM, Azrizal-Wahid N, Nulit R, Ibrahim MH, Mustafa M, Okamura H, Horie Y, Sharifinia M, Keshavarzifard M, Subramaniam G, Ong MC, Ismail MS, Edward FB. Zinc Concentrations in Different Parts of the Gastropod, Faunus ater, Collected from Intertidal Areas of Peninsular Malaysia. 2022 Oct 19; 3(10): 1224-1228. doi: 10.37871/jbres1581, Article ID: JBRES1581, Available at: https://www.jelsciences.com/articles/jbres1581.pdf
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