Heavy metals distribution in water, sediment and aquatic species from Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve, Perak, Malaysia / Rahimah Abdullah

• Main Author: Rahimah, Abdullah
• Format: Thesis
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3922/1/1._Title_page%2C_abstract%2C_content.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3922/2/CHAPTER_1_GENERAL_INTRODUCTION.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3922/3/CHAPTER_2_LITERATURE_REVIEW.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3922/4/CHAPTER_3_MATERIALS_AND_METHODS.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3922/5/CHAPTER_4_RESULTS_AND_DISCUSSION.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3922/6/references.pdf; http://pendeta.um.edu.my/client/default/search/results?qu=Heavy+metals+distribution+in+water%2C+sediment+and+aquatic+species+from+Matang+Mangrove+Forest+Reserve%2C+Perak%2C+Malaysia&te=; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3922/

The concentration of five heavy metals, namely copper (Cu), cadmium (Cd), zinc (Zn), lead (Pb) and chromium (Cr) were determined in water, sediment, fish, cockles and shrimp collected from eight selected sites in Larut River and Sangga Besar River which are located in the state of Perak. Water quali...