Heavy metals in mangrove surface sediment of Mengkabong Lagoon, Sabah: Multivariate and geo-accumulation index approaches

International Journal of Environmental Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-148

  Praveena, S M ^a   Ahmed, A ^a   Radojevic, M ^a   Abdullah, M H ^a   Aris, A Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Geo accumulation index; Mangrove; Multivariate analysis; Sediment; Tide

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOTOURISM; HEAVY METAL; MANGROVE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 42449092981     PISSN: 17356865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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