TY  - JOUR
T1  - Influence of Habitat Affinity on the Bioaccumulation of Copper, Cu and Zinc Zn in Coastal Fishes of Bintulu, Sarawak
AU - Mustaqim Abdul Majid, Mohamad AU - Zafri Hassan, Mohd AU - Ahmad Denil, Nurdiyana AU - Latif, Kamil 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 11
IS  - 9
SP  - 1967
EP  - 1971
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2016.1967.1971
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2016.1967.1971
KW  - benthic fishes
KW  -coastal fishes
KW  -trace metals
KW  -Bioaccumulation
KW  -Zn
AB  - Anthropogenic activities are increasingly growing in Bintulu area where residues and runoffs from
the activities would consequently affect its adjacent aquatic systems and organisms. An investigation on the
trace metal accumulation (copper, Cu and zinc, Zn) was conducted in coastal fishes off Bintulu, Sarawak of three
habitat affinities: pelagic, benthopelagic and benthic. Samples of fish gills, livers and muscles from the fishes
were analyzed to examine the accumulation of Cu and Zn. The study found that habitat affinity affected the
accumulation level of Zn and Cu in the fishes examined. Benthic fishes, living in the bottom area of water
column accumulated the highest trace metals as compared pelagic fish (surface dwellers) which accumulated
the least trace metals. In almost all tissues analyzed, muscles accumulated the least concentration of Zn and
Cu while livers accumulated the highest. The study exhibited a significant interplay in trace metal accumulation
among fishes, their organs and habitat within water columns.
ER  -