Abstract—The issue of heavy metal toxicity has received considerable attention in aquaculture field. Most studies of heavy metal in aquaculture have only focused on fish species and molluscs but not prawn. Thus, the key research objective of this study is to identify and study selected heavy metals in Penaeus vannamei in the study area. In this study, the mature prawns (5 months old) were collected and 1g of sample is digested using H
Index Terms—Aquaculture, bioaccumulation, heavy metal pollution, Penaeus vannamei.
W. P. Lee is with Environmental Science at the Faculty of Science and
Natural Resources of Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia (e-mail:
sky_blue9115@hotmail.my, skyblue9115@gmail.com).
C. M. Payus is with Environmental Science Programme, Faculty of
Science and Natural Resources in Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
(e-mail: melpayus@ums.edu.my).
Siti Aishah Mohd Ali is with Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia.
L. W. Vun is with Faculty of Science and Natural Resources in Universiti
Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia (e-mail: bvun@ums.edu.my,
bvunlw@gmail.com).
Cite: Wei Peng Lee, Carolyn Payus, Siti Aishah Mohd Ali, and Leong Wan Vun, "Selected Heavy Metals in Penaeus vannamei (White Prawn) in Aquaculture Pond near Likas Lagoon, Sabah, Malaysia," International Journal of Environmental Science and Development vol. 8, no. 7, pp. 530-533, 2017.