Trace metal (Cd, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni and Zn) accumulation in Scleractinian corals: A record for Sabah, Borneo

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2556-2563

  Mokhtar, Mazlin Bin ^a   Praveena, Sarva Mangala ^b   Aris, Ahmad Zaharin ^b   Yong, Ow Cher ^a   Lim, Ai Phing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Seawater; Sediment; Skeleton; Trace metal

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION FACTOR; BIOINDICATOR; CORAL REEF; CORAL SKELETON; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; METAL TOLERANCE; MULTI-SPECIES; POLLUTION LEVEL; PORITES LOBATA; SAMPLING LOCATION; SCLERACTINIAN CORALS; SKELETON; STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY; TRACE METAL; TRACE METAL CONCENTRATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; MANGANESE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; ZINC;

COPPER;

CADMIUM; COPPER; IRON; MANGANESE; NICKEL; SEA WATER; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MARINE POLLUTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; SEAWATER; SKELETON; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BORNEO; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAVIA SPECIOSA; HYDNOPHORA MICROCONOS; PORITES LOBATA; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BORNEO; CADMIUM; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IRON; MANGANESE; METALS; NICKEL; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

BORNEO; EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH;

ANTHOZOA; FAVIA SPECIOSA; HYDNOPHORA MICROCONOS; PORITES LOBATA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84868207793     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.07.030     Document Type: Article

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