Assessment of the characteristic of nutrients, total metals, and fecal coliform in Sibu Laut River, Sarawak, Malaysia

Applied Water Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 77-96

  Soo, Chen Lin ^a   Ling, Teck Yee ^a   Lee, Nyanti ^a   Apun, Kasing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Fecal coliform; Heavy metals; Sibu Laut River; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENTS; EUTROPHICATION; HEAVY METALS; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEWAGE;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMANDS (BOD); BOTTOM WATER; CHLOROPHYLL A; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; FECAL COLIFORM; MALAYSIA; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS; SARAWAK; SIBU LAUT RIVER; SUB-SURFACES;

WATER QUALITY;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLOROPHYLL A; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FECAL COLIFORM; METAL; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY;

EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; SARAWAK; SIBU LAUT RIVER;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 85114068861     PISSN: 21905487     EISSN: 21905495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13201-014-0205-7     Document Type: Article

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