Biomonitoring of metal contamination in estuarine ecosystem using seagrass

• Main Authors: Ahmad, Faridahanim, Azman, Shamila, Mohd. Said, Mohd. Ismid, Baloo, Lavania
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2015
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/57963/1/FaridahanimAhmad2015_BiomonitoringOfMetalContaminationInEstuarineEcosystem.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/57963/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40201-015-0198-7
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Metals concentrations (As, Cd, Cu, Hg and Pb) in seawater, sediment and the seagrass (Enhalus acoroides) were analysed at Pulai River estuary, Johor Straits, Malaysia. In this research, Enhalus acoroides was used in order to find it's efficiency in up taking metals with a role in phytoremediati...