Aims: to investigate and to compare the variation of the bioaccumulation of heavy metals (Cr,
Cd, Fe, Mn, Pb and Zn) by two different molluscs species and also heavy metal …

… Comparing protein percentage in edible muscles of crustaceans and mollusks species in
the present study, this decreasing order was recorded: males E. massavensis > Sepia spp. …

… This family included the largest number of investigated edible molluscan forms. They are
shallow burrowers, living in intertidal, shallow or deepwater. They burrow slightly below sand or …

… In the present state of our knowledge regarding Egyptian marine malacofauna of the
Ptolemaic and Roman period, only the wealthiest (?) inhabitants of Alexandria and Schedia (and …

… Many authors studied the metal levels in the edible mollusks; in tissues and shells of Cerithidea
cingulata, Crassostrea madrasensis, and Meretrix meretrix (Kesavan et al. 2010), tissue …

… , sediments and marine organisms. The levels of heavy metals in molluscs and other
invertebrates are often considerably higher than in other constituents of the marine environment. …

… massavensis and bivalve mollusks C. edule have a greater capacity for metal bioaccumulation
than shrimps, crab and cephalopod mollusks, so E. massavensis and C. edule are more …

… soft tissues of three length classes of the edible bivalve Venerupis decussata. The specimens
were collected monthly from the Egyptian Mediterranean Sea coast of Port Said city during …

… Egypt. The El-Esh Area is subjected to oil pollution because the most important sector of the
Egyptian … and molluscan shells along the Egyptian Red Sea Coast have not been reported. …

… Edible biota, especially mollusks, have been … , edible mollusks are preferred as food for
many people (Yatawara et al., 2010). Therefore, data on distribution of organochlorines in edible …