Heavy metal toxicity levels in the coastal sediments of the Arabian Sea along the urban Karachi (Pakistan) region

Mar Pollut Bull. 2009 Sep;58(9):1406-14. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.06.010. Epub 2009 Jul 18.

Authors

Azhar Siddique¹, Majid Mumtaz, Nayyer A Zaigham, Khalil A Mallick, Sumayya Saied, Erum Zahir, Haider A Khwaja

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, Pakistan. asiddique@albany.edu

PMID: 19616812
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.06.010

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Environmental Monitoring / methods
Geologic Sediments / chemistry*
Indian Ocean
Metals, Heavy / analysis*
Metals, Heavy / toxicity
Pakistan
Seawater
Water Pollutants, Chemical / analysis*
Water Pollutants, Chemical / toxicity

Substances

Metals, Heavy
Water Pollutants, Chemical