Consumption of Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus 1758) by selective shell size reduces heavy metal toxicity risk and overfishing in Tawau, North Borneo
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Diana Demiyah Mohd Hamdan
Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 88400 Malaysia
UMS SIMSEA Research Group, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 88400 Malaysia
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Diana Demiyah Mohd Hamdan, Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
Email: diana.demiyah@ums.edu.my
Search for more papers by this authorLaila Udin
Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 88400 Malaysia
Search for more papers by this authorFazilah Musa
Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 88400 Malaysia
UMS SIMSEA Research Group, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 88400 Malaysia
Search for more papers by this authorRohana Tair
Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 88400 Malaysia
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Diana Demiyah Mohd Hamdan
Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 88400 Malaysia
UMS SIMSEA Research Group, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 88400 Malaysia
Correspondence
Diana Demiyah Mohd Hamdan, Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
Email: diana.demiyah@ums.edu.my
Search for more papers by this authorLaila Udin
Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 88400 Malaysia
Search for more papers by this authorFazilah Musa
Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 88400 Malaysia
UMS SIMSEA Research Group, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 88400 Malaysia
Search for more papers by this authorRohana Tair
Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 88400 Malaysia
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Meretrix meretrix can accumulate heavy metals from the contaminated environment in its tissues and passed on these elements through the food chain, which can cause health hazards. The mean size distribution of the M. meretrix wild population at Batu Payung, Tawau, North Borneo, was determined by the linear morphometric analysis of outer shell length, and bivalve was categorized by the outer shell length size at 5-mm interval cluster groups. The selected heavy metals concentration in wild M. meretrix whole tissues was determined by an Induced Couple Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES) to provide baseline data for policymakers and stakeholders to formulate sustainable harvest management. The largest group of outer shell size (45.00–50.00 mm) had the concentration of the least heavy metals in its tissues among other smaller shell size cluster groups, indicating M. meretrix outer shell length size of more than 45 mm cleanse excessive heavy metals out of their body more efficiently. A negative correlation between nonessential heavy metals (Cd, Pb) concentration in M. meretrix edible tissues and its outer shell length size signified that the largest group of outer shell size was safer to consume. M. meretrix is also facing overfishing like elsewhere in North Borneo.
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