Sarva Mangala Praveena and Amran Ahmed and Radojevic, Miroslav (2008) Multivariate and geoaccumulation index evaluation in mangrove surface sediment of Mengkabong lagoon, Sabah. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 81 (1). pp. 52-56. ISSN 0007-4861
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Spatial variations in estuarine intertidal sediment have been often related to such environmental variables as salinity, sediment types, heavy metals and base cations. However, there have been few attempts to investigate the difference condition between high and low tides relationships and to predict their likely responses in an estuarine environment. This paper investigates the linkages between environmental variables and tides of estuarine intertidal sediment in order to provide a basis for describing the effect of tides in the Mengkabong lagoon, Sabah. Multivariate statistical technique, principal components analysis (PCA) was employed to better interpret information about the sediment and its controlling factors in the intertidal zone. The calculation of Geoaccumulation Index (Igeo) suggests the Mengkabong mangrove sediments are having background concentrations for Al, Cu, Fe, and Zn and unpolluted for Pb. Extra efforts should therefore pay attention to understand the mechanisms and quantification of different pathways of exchange within and between intertidal zones. © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword: | Geoaccumulation Index, Mangrove surface sediment, Multivariate analysis, Tide |
| Subjects: | ?? QH77_T78J68 ?? |
| Department: | SCHOOL > School of Science and Technology |
| Depositing User: | ADMIN ADMIN |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Apr 2011 15:32 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Dec 2014 12:42 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/2674 |
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