Heavy metal concentration in sediment of Sarawak seawater

• Main Authors: Noor Fazreen, D., Noor Azmi, Azran Azhim
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: QR Microbiology; TA170 Environmental engineering
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/44153/1/paper.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/44153/; http://math.upm.edu.my/rfsc2014/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

This study was conducted to investigates the correlation of heavy metal and its physico-chemical characteristics in the sediment of Sarawak seawater. The statistical analysis were performed and the correlation of heavy metals concentration and the physico-chemical characteristic were determined. The results show the heavy metal concentration at all sampling stations occurs in descending order of Vanadium > Barium > Zinc > Nickel > Chromium. Correlation analysis of the data showed that salinity and Total Organic Carbon (TOC) have significant correlation with the heavy metal concentration.