Heavy metal concentrations (Cd, Cu and Pb) in five aquatic plant species in Tasik Chini, Malaysia

Environmental Geology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 689-698

  Ebrahimpour, M ^a   Mushrifah, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aquatic plant species; Concentration quotient; Freshwater lake; Heavy metal; Tasik Chini

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAVY METALS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AQUATIC PLANT SPECIES; CONCENTRATION QUOTIENT; FRESHWATER LAKES; TASIK CHINI;

LAKES;

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD;

ASIA; EURASIA; LAKE CHINI; MALAYSIA; PALAWAN; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN TAGALOG;

CABOMBA FURCATA; LEPIRONIA ARTICULATA; NELUMBO; NELUMBO NUCIFERA; PANDANUS; SCIRPUS;

EID: 43349090166     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0838-z     Document Type: Article

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