Spatial and temporal variation of organic carbon in mangrove sediment of Rembau-Linggi Estuary, Malaysia

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 14, Issue SPL ISS 1, 2011, Pages 48-54

  Raza, Muhammad ^a   Zakaria, Mohamad Pauzi ^a   Rasidah Hashim, Nor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic activities; Land use; Mangrove sediment; Organic carbon; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864934675     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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