Ecological Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals is Surface Mangrove Sediments Collected The Sepang River Estuary, Peninsular Malaysia

Yap, Chee Kong and Chelvan, Nirmal Kumar and Wong, Koe Wei (2018) Ecological Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals is Surface Mangrove Sediments Collected The Sepang River Estuary, Peninsular Malaysia. In: Sediment Watch: Monitoring , Ecological Risk Assessment. Nova Science Publishers, New York, pp. 93-124. ISBN 9781536138573 (e-book)

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Abstract

Sepang Besar River (SBR) and Sepang Kecil River (SKR) were previously known as piggery farming areas in the early 1990s. These rivers are known to be highly contaminated with Zn and Cu as they received effluents from the piggery farming. Besides that, domestic wastes, boating and fish farming effluents were also common in these rivers banks. In this study, the surface sediments collected form SBR and SKR in 2007 were analysed for its Cd, cu, Fe, Ni, Pb and Zn concentrations. The present study revealed

Item Type: Book Section
Subjects: T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
Divisions: Academic Affairs
Depositing User: Unnamed user with email masilah.mansor@newinti.edu.my
Date Deposited: 10 Oct 2018 08:31
Last Modified: 10 Oct 2018 08:31
URI: http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/id/eprint/1141

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