Sediment quality assessment of Klang Estuary, Malaysia

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 287-293

  Naji, Abolfazl ^a   Ismail, Ahmad ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

heavy metals; indices; sediment quality guidelines; surface sediment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866766235     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634988.2012.706108     Document Type: Article

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