Heavy metal pollution in surface water and sediment: A preliminary assessment of an urban river in a developing country

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 282-291

  Islam, Md Saiful ^a,b   Ahmed, Md Kawser ^c   Raknuzzaman, Mohammad ^b,c   Habibullah Al Mamun, Md ^b,c   Islam, Muhammad Kamrul ^d  

^a PATUAKHALI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^d Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chemical fractionation; Heavy metal; River; Sediment; Water

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; METALS; NICKEL; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS); WATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CONTAMINATION FACTORS; GEO-ACCUMULATION INDEX; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; POLLUTION LOAD INDICES; PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT QUALITY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FRACTIONATION; GEOACCUMULATION INDEX; HEAVY METAL; MOBILITY; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; THRESHOLD; URBAN AREA;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84907501305     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.08.016     Document Type: Article

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