Risk assessment of mercury contamination in surface sediment of the Klang River, Malaysia

Total mercury contamination in 21 stations in Klang River. T-Hg concentrations were ranged from 0.02 to 0.45 μg g-1 dry weight surface sediments. Enrichment factor (EF), and sediment quality guidelines of threshold effect level (TEL) and probable effect level (PEL) were applied to calculate the degr...

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Main Authors: Naji, Abolfazl, Ismail, Ahmad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information 2011
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15471/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15471/1/Risk%20assessment%20of%20mercury%20contamination%20in%20surface%20sediment%20of%20the%20Klang%20River%2C%20Malaysia.pdf