Elak elak beach has a sea and coast with substrate texture that is very suitable as habitat for Mollusca including bivalves. Bivalves have many roles the environment, especially in providing food various other species chain can be used to determine water quality. This study aims community structure distribution pattern of bivalves Beach see student responses booklets. The method this research l...

HighlightHeavy metals (Cu, Zn, Pb, and Cd) in the seawater, sediment, soft part of marine mussels were analyzedBioaccumulation Factor (BAF), Estimated Daily Intake Target Hazard Quotient (THQ) calculatedHeavy sediment found varying concentrationsHealth risk assessment indexes showed low values which means insignificant health hazardAbstractMarine are known as one biological indicators heavy pol...

In 2012, world mollusk production in aquaculture reached a volume of 15,171,000 tons, representing 23% of total aquaculture production and positioning mollusks as the second most important category of aquaculture products (fishes are the first). Clams and oysters are the mollusk species with the highest production levels, followed in descending order by mussels, scallops, and abalones. In view ...