Ecosystem health assessment of Sungai Pengkalan Chepa Basin: water quality and heavy metal analysis

• Main Authors: Mohd Saifuddin Maliki Abdullah, Maliki Hapani, Nur Fatien Muhamad Salleh, Wan Mohd Sahnusi Wan Alias
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15774/1/3.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15774/; http://www.ukm.my/jsm/malay_journals/jilid49bil8_2020/KandunganJilid49Bil8_2020.html
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

This study was to determine the ecosystem health status at Sungai Pengkalan Chepa Basin based on Water Quality Index (WQI) and heavy metal concentration in the river water. Water samples were collected from 11 stations along the river and they were analyzed using YSI 556 MPS and laboratory analysi...