Concentration of metals (Zn, Cu and Pb) in the edible portion of commercially important blood cockle (Anadara granosa) collected from Langkawi Island, Malaysia was analyzed. Samples were collected from 3 different stations namely Kuah (KU), Kuala Triang (KT) and Pantai Kok (PK) during 2009. Heavy metal concentrations were detected using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) with...

Cover cropping is mainly used to prevent soil erosion, but the effects of individual cover crops on subsequent soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] are hardly known. Therefore, two annual field trials with 15 crop species and bare fallow as control were conducted in semi-arid East Austria 2016 2017. sown July 3- × 10-m plots a randomized block design three replicates incorporated mid-April before s...

By ROBERT C. BRAY and STEPHEN A. COCKLE School ofMolecular Sciences, University ofSussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ, Sussex, U.K. and E. MARTIN FIELDEN and PETER B. ROBERTS Division ofPhysics, Institute of Cancer Research, Clifton Avenue, Sutton, Surrey, U.K. and GIUSEPPE ROTILIO and LILIA CALABRESE Centro di Biological Molecolare del C.N. R., Istituto di Chimica Biologica, Universita di Roma, R...

Blood cockle Anadara granosa is an important food source and one of the most commonly cultured species in Mekong delta. But, a filter feeder, it can accumulate toxic metals from water environment. This study aims conducted to evaluate soaking effects acetic acid different concentrations at times on levels Cd Pb proximate nutritional composition soft tissues. The tissue collected Binh Dai distri...

An extensive study on Se accumulation in a population of Anadara trapezia from a marine lake is reported. The effects of organism mass, gender, reproductive cycle, and season on Se accumulation and tissue distribution were investigated. Analyses showed that gender and reproductive cycle had no significant effect on Se accumulation. A. trapezia showed a strong positive correlation between Se bur...

Picture credits: Close up photographs of mussels and cockles on the back cover courtesy of the Eastern Sea Fisheries Joint Committee. All other photographs, CEFAS. Introduction 1. Since 1970, previously artisanal fisheries for cockles and mussels in The Wash have been transformed by the rapid introduction of more powerful fishing gears and vessels and the modernisation of processing plant to se...