Heavy metal concentrations in sediments and fishes from Lake Chini, Pahang, Malaysia

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-100

  Ahmad, Abas Kutty ^a   Shuhaimi Othman, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Biological monitoring; Fish; Heavy metal; Lake Chini; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUCTANCE; EXTRACTION; FISH; LAKE; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SAFETY; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD; WATER TEMPERATURE;

PISCES;

EID: 77749251928     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2010.93.100     Document Type: Article

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