An assessment of selected trace elements in intertidal surface sediments collected from the Peninsular Malaysia

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 169, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 457-472

  Zulkifli, Syaizwan Zahmir ^a,b   Mohamat Yusuff, Ferdaus ^a,b   Arai, Takaomi ^a   Ismail, Ahmad ^b   Miyazaki, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Intertidal areas; Peninsular Malaysia; Sediment quality guideline; Surface sediments; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; AUSTRALIA; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; HONG-KONG; INTERTIDAL AREAS; MALAYSIA; MARITIME AREAS; NEW ZEALAND; POLLUTANT SOURCES; SAMPLING LOCATION; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINE; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LEAD; LOCATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; LEAD; NICKEL; SILVER; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; INTERTIDAL ZONE; MALAYSIA; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MALAYSIA; SEAWATER; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 77954456675     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-1189-x     Document Type: Article

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