Cd, Cu and Pb Concentration Levels in Horseshoe Crab Nesting Grounds of Pahang Coast, Malaysia

Cd, Cu and Pb Concentration Levels in Horseshoe Crab Nesting Grounds of Pahang Coast, Malaysia

Balok, Pekan and Penor have been observed to be nesting grounds of the horseshoe crab. Present study was conducted to assess the metal concentration in sediment of horseshoe crab the nesting ground along the east coast of peninsular Malaysia. Acid Digestion was performed using (HF, HNO3, HCl, EDTA a...

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Main Authors: Kassim, Zaleha, Yunus, Kamaruzzaman, Akbar, John, M. C., Ong
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Published: Asian Network for Scientific Information 2010
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spelling iium-133802012-02-20T07:38:04Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/13380/ Cd, Cu and Pb Concentration Levels in Horseshoe Crab Nesting Grounds of Pahang Coast, Malaysia Kassim, Zaleha Yunus, Kamaruzzaman Akbar, John M. C., Ong Q Science (General) Balok, Pekan and Penor have been observed to be nesting grounds of the horseshoe crab. Present study was conducted to assess the metal concentration in sediment of horseshoe crab the nesting ground along the east coast of peninsular Malaysia. Acid Digestion was performed using (HF, HNO3, HCl, EDTA and H3BO4) before determining the actual concentration of heavy metals using ICPMS. 2-way ANOVA was used to determine the significance of the results. In all stations, Pb was in highest concentration (40.36 μg g-1) followed by Cu (13.44 μg g-1) and the least concentrated metal in the nesting ground was Cd with the high concentration of (0.26 μg g-1). EF values showed that Pb is of anthropogenic source and Cd is of minimum enrichment. Although the levels of Pb are low and regarded harmless to the horseshoe crab, the fear of it affecting those who consume the eggs as well as the crab is still in consideration. Asian Network for Scientific Information 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/13380/1/cd.cu_and_pb.pdf Kassim, Zaleha and Yunus, Kamaruzzaman and Akbar, John and M. C., Ong (2010) Cd, Cu and Pb Concentration Levels in Horseshoe Crab Nesting Grounds of Pahang Coast, Malaysia. Journal of Biological Sciences, 10 (8). pp. 790-794. ISSN 17273048 (P), 1812-5719 (O) http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=abstract&id=696101
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topic Q Science (General)
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Kassim, Zaleha
Yunus, Kamaruzzaman
Akbar, John
M. C., Ong
Cd, Cu and Pb Concentration Levels in Horseshoe Crab Nesting Grounds of Pahang Coast, Malaysia
description Balok, Pekan and Penor have been observed to be nesting grounds of the horseshoe crab. Present study was conducted to assess the metal concentration in sediment of horseshoe crab the nesting ground along the east coast of peninsular Malaysia. Acid Digestion was performed using (HF, HNO3, HCl, EDTA and H3BO4) before determining the actual concentration of heavy metals using ICPMS. 2-way ANOVA was used to determine the significance of the results. In all stations, Pb was in highest concentration (40.36 μg g-1) followed by Cu (13.44 μg g-1) and the least concentrated metal in the nesting ground was Cd with the high concentration of (0.26 μg g-1). EF values showed that Pb is of anthropogenic source and Cd is of minimum enrichment. Although the levels of Pb are low and regarded harmless to the horseshoe crab, the fear of it affecting those who consume the eggs as well as the crab is still in consideration.
format Article
author Kassim, Zaleha
Yunus, Kamaruzzaman
Akbar, John
M. C., Ong
author_facet Kassim, Zaleha
Yunus, Kamaruzzaman
Akbar, John
M. C., Ong
author_sort Kassim, Zaleha
title Cd, Cu and Pb Concentration Levels in Horseshoe Crab Nesting Grounds of Pahang Coast, Malaysia
title_short Cd, Cu and Pb Concentration Levels in Horseshoe Crab Nesting Grounds of Pahang Coast, Malaysia
title_full Cd, Cu and Pb Concentration Levels in Horseshoe Crab Nesting Grounds of Pahang Coast, Malaysia
title_fullStr Cd, Cu and Pb Concentration Levels in Horseshoe Crab Nesting Grounds of Pahang Coast, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Cd, Cu and Pb Concentration Levels in Horseshoe Crab Nesting Grounds of Pahang Coast, Malaysia
title_sort cd, cu and pb concentration levels in horseshoe crab nesting grounds of pahang coast, malaysia
publisher Asian Network for Scientific Information
publishDate 2010
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/13380/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/13380/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/13380/1/cd.cu_and_pb.pdf
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