Effect of industrial pollution on the spatial variation of surface water quality

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 120-129

  Sujaul, Islam Mir ^a   Hossain, Mohammed Amjed ^a   Nasly, Mohamad Ali ^a   Sobahan, Md Abdus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ammoniacal nitrogen; Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD); Chemical oxygen demand (COD); Heavy metal; Water quality index (WQI)

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFLUENT; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; NITROGEN COMPOUND; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 84877692307     PISSN: 1553345X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajessp.2013.120.129     Document Type: Article

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