Along the Indian coast, oysters were identified and studied since the beginning of the 20th century. One of the first records on the taxonomy of Indian oysters is by Hornell (1910) [2]. Since then a series of reports on the taxonomy of Indian oyster were made[1,3,4-9]. Originally the Indian oysters were referred to under the genus Ostrea but was later included under the genus Crassostrea. Anoth...

this study is an attempt to evaluate the biomonitoring capabilities of rock oyster, saccostrea cucullata, for mercury (hg) pollution. the oyster and sediment samples were collected from 10 rocky habitats of qeshm and hormoz islands in the persian gulf. the concentration of mercury in the shell and soft tissues of the oysters and sediments were analyzed using an advanced mercury analyzer. biota-...

Pulau Merah merupakan kawasan wisata pantai di Banyuwangi yang memiliki zona intertidal wilayah pantainya. Pada terdapat biota laut tinggal disana, salah satunya dari kelas bivalvia belum diketahui kelimpahan populasinya. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui populasi moluska bivalvia. Metode digunakan pada dengan menggunakan transek line kuadrat disesuakan luas meliputi panjang garis dan reli...

background: marine pollution is a global environmental problem that its monitoring by ideal biomonitors is of great importance. marine organisms, especially mussels, have the ability to accumulate metals from the environment they can be considered as a biomonitoring agent. methods: in this study, concentrations of heavy metals were measured in saccostrea cucullata collected from seven sites on ...