Heavy metal concentration in water and sediment of the Sundarbans Reserved Forest, Bangladesh

Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 171-179

  Ahmed, Kawser ^a   Mehedi, Md Yousuf ^b   Haq, Rezaul ^b   Ahmed, Faruq ^b  

^a KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Heavy metal in sediments; Heavy metals in water; Sunderban forests

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; SURFACE WATER; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0037727945     PISSN: 09723005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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