Heavy metals content in marine molluscs and the barnacle,Tetraclita sp. along the rocky shores of the east & west coast of peninsular Malaysia

Abstract

A study was undertaken to determine the influence of body size upon heavy metals concentration in marine molluscs and the barnacle, Tetraclita sp. and to compare heavy metals level between genus and between sampling sites. The concentrations of zinc, iron, copper, cadmium, chromium and lead in Saccostrea sp., Nerita sp., Thais sp. b, Littorina sp., Neritina sp., Tetraclita sp. and Patella sp., which were collected from the East and West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia, were studied for this purpose.