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Bioconcentration of trace metals by <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Saccostrea cucullata</i> (von Born 1778) from Andaman waters<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;font-weight:normal" lang="EN-US"> </span>

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Title Bioconcentration of trace metals by Saccostrea cucullata (von Born 1778) from Andaman waters
 
Creator Abhilash, K.R.
Gireeshkumar, T.R.
Venu, S.
Raveendran, T.V.
 
Subject Andaman Sea
Trace metals
Zinc
Saccostrea cucullata
Bioconcentration factor
 
Description 326-330
Assessment of trace
metals (Zn, Cu, Fe, Pb and Ni) in water, sediment and an oyster, Saccostrea cucullata, was carried out in five stations around Port Blair. Concentration
of these metals in water, sediment and the oyster exhibited wide variations. Among
the selected locations, Fisheries Jetty exhibited the highest concentration of
trace metals, as a consequence of the numerous fishing vessels harboured at
this station. Zinc was the highest bioconcentrated trace metal (BCFmw,460.39
– 2474.72; BCFms, 24.60 – 641.96) in all the five stations, probably
due to the role of several zinc metalloenzymes in shell mineralization of
oysters. Unlike this, the bioconcentration factor of Pb was very low in spite
of its relatively high concentrations in both, water as well as sediment.
 
Date 2013-07-12T10:00:46Z
2013-07-12T10:00:46Z
2013-06
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/19661
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.42(3) [June 2013]