Concentration of heavy metals in two upstream rivers sediment of the sundarbans mangrove forest, Bangladesh

Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-47

  Ahmed, Kawser ^a   Mehedi, Yousuf ^a   Haque, Rezaul ^a   Ghosh, Ripon Kanti ^a  

^a KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MANGROVE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0037738775     PISSN: 09723005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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