Context
The goal of this study was to assess the sensitivity of three pedigrees (White, Liangdao Red and Zebra) of Manila clam to the acute mercury exposure which is used as the bioindicator for the monitoring of contaminants in marine environments. The gill of clam was one of target organs for the accumulation of contaminant, therefore the gills tissues were sampled and processed from the acute mercury exposed clams (White, Liangdao Red and Zebra) for the metabolite extraction [1] [2].
[1] Xiaoli Liu, et al., Ecotoxicology DOI10.1007/s10646-010-0569-x[2] H. Wu et al., Anal. Biochem. 37 (2008) 204–212