Flux of nutrients and heavy metals from the Melai River sub-catchment into Lake Chini, Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 889-897

  Gasim, Muhd Barzani ^a   Rahim, Sahibin Abd ^a   Toriman, Mohd Ekhwan ^a   Idris, Wan Mohd Razi ^a   Lihan, Tukimat ^a   Rahman, Zulfahmi Ali ^a   Hashim, Azman ^a   Hadib, Norhadilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Melai river sub catchment; Nutrient; Soil erosion; Soil loss

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CATCHMENTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EROSION; HEAVY METALS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAKES; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE SIZE; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SILT; TEXTURES; WATER LEVELS;

CHEMICAL SOIL PROPERTIES; CONTAMINANT SOURCES; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATIONS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL LOSS; SUB-CATCHMENT;

RIVER POLLUTION;

HEAVY METAL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAKE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARTICLE SIZE; RIVER BASIN; SOIL EROSION; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEXTURE;

LAKE CHINI; MALAYSIA; PAHANG; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 84872349591     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1919-1     Document Type: Article

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