Status of water quality subject to sand mining in the Kelantan River, Kelantan

Tropical Life Sciences Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-34

  Peck Yen, Tan ^a   Rohasliney, H ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Chemical parameters; Kelantan River; Physical parameters; Sand mining; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONDUCTIVITY; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MINING; NITROGEN; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RIVER WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

KELANTAN; MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 84881128372     PISSN: 19853718     EISSN: 21804249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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