Heavy metals in neuston from the straits of Malacca.
Heavy metals cadmium, lead, copper and zinc in neuston were analyzed from samples collected with a modified neuston net (310 μm mesh size) during an oceanographic cruise from July 29 to August 8, 2000 in the Straits of Malacca. The period of sampling coincided with South-West (SW) monsoon. The heavy...
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| description | Heavy metals cadmium, lead, copper and zinc in neuston were analyzed from samples collected with a modified neuston net (310 μm mesh size) during an oceanographic cruise from July 29 to August 8, 2000 in the Straits of Malacca. The period of sampling coincided with South-West (SW) monsoon. The heavy metal concentrations in neuston were relatively low: ranging from 1.19-1013.70 μg g-1 wet weight for copper, 16.54-235.78 μg g-1 wet weight for zinc, 3.92-36.08 μg g-1 wet weight for lead and from 0.32-4.09 μg g-1 wet weight for cadmium. The heavy metal concentrations in neuston in this study were within the ranges published elsewhere, except for cadmium, there were significant differences (p <0.05) in concentrations of Cu, Pb and Zn between northern, central and southern parts of the Straits. However,
concentrations of Cu and Zn were significantly (p <0.05) higher in near-coastal than offshore or neritic areas, whereas those of Pb and particularly Cd were higher in offshore areas though not significantly (p>0.05). The presence of two groups of stations with high and low heavy metal concentration as revealed by multivariate analyses corresponded mostly to near-coastal and neritic waters, respectively. |
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| spelling | upm-251862015-11-02T01:33:04Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/25186/ Heavy metals in neuston from the straits of Malacca. Rezai, Hamid Md. Yusoff, Fatimah Heavy metals cadmium, lead, copper and zinc in neuston were analyzed from samples collected with a modified neuston net (310 μm mesh size) during an oceanographic cruise from July 29 to August 8, 2000 in the Straits of Malacca. The period of sampling coincided with South-West (SW) monsoon. The heavy metal concentrations in neuston were relatively low: ranging from 1.19-1013.70 μg g-1 wet weight for copper, 16.54-235.78 μg g-1 wet weight for zinc, 3.92-36.08 μg g-1 wet weight for lead and from 0.32-4.09 μg g-1 wet weight for cadmium. The heavy metal concentrations in neuston in this study were within the ranges published elsewhere, except for cadmium, there were significant differences (p <0.05) in concentrations of Cu, Pb and Zn between northern, central and southern parts of the Straits. However, concentrations of Cu and Zn were significantly (p <0.05) higher in near-coastal than offshore or neritic areas, whereas those of Pb and particularly Cd were higher in offshore areas though not significantly (p>0.05). The presence of two groups of stations with high and low heavy metal concentration as revealed by multivariate analyses corresponded mostly to near-coastal and neritic waters, respectively. 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/25186/1/Heavy%20metals%20in%20neuston%20from%20the%20straits%20of%20Malacca.pdf Rezai, Hamid and Md. Yusoff, Fatimah (2011) Heavy metals in neuston from the straits of Malacca. Journal of Persian Gulf (Marine Science) , 2 (4). pp. 1-10. ISSN 2008-7985 English |
| spellingShingle | Rezai, Hamid Md. Yusoff, Fatimah Heavy metals in neuston from the straits of Malacca. |
| title | Heavy metals in neuston from the straits of Malacca. |
| title_full | Heavy metals in neuston from the straits of Malacca. |
| title_fullStr | Heavy metals in neuston from the straits of Malacca. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Heavy metals in neuston from the straits of Malacca. |
| title_short | Heavy metals in neuston from the straits of Malacca. |
| title_sort | heavy metals in neuston from the straits of malacca. |
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