Assessment of ecological risk for heavy metals in surface sediment of an urban river in a developing country.

• Main Authors: Islam, Md. Saiful, Kabir, Md. Humayun, Ali, Mir Mohammad, Islam, Md. Towhidul, Niger, Asfia, Ismail, Zulhilmi, Ahmed, Sujat, Ibrahim, Khalid A., Idris, Abubakr M.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2023
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/105841/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsrc.2023.07.002

The speed of increasing threats to the riverine water resources makes it more critical to protect the health of Old Brahmaputra River ecosystems. The current study was done to investigate the concentrations, distributions, sources, and ecological risk of heavy metals in surface sediment from the Old...