Trend in metals variation in Tasik Chini, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 143, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 345-354

  Shuhaimi Othman, M ^a   Mushrifah, I ^a   Lim, E C ^a   Ahmad, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Heavy metal; Natural lake; Peninsular Malaysia; Tasik Chini; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ALUMINUM; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; COPPER ALLOYS; GRAPHITE; IRON; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; LIGHT METALS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); METALS; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; SAMPLING; STANDARDS; TRANSITION METALS; WATER QUALITY; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; (8 HYDROXY QUINOLINE) ALUMINUM; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY (AAS); BUSINESS MEDIA; CADMIUM (CD); CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER (CU); GENERAL (CO); GRAPHITE FURNACES; MAIN FACTORS; MALAYSIA; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; MIN MAX; MINING ACTIVITIES; NATURAL BACKGROUNDS; RAINING SEASON; SAMPLING STATIONS; SPRINGER (CO); WATER QUALITY STANDARDS;

POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; GRAPHITE; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; RAIN; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; LAKE WATER; SAMPLING; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FURNACE; LAKE; MALAYSIA; MINING; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER STANDARD;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; IRON; LEAD; MALAYSIA; MANGANESE; METALS, HEAVY; NICKEL; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; PAHANG; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 47349086500     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9937-2     Document Type: Article

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