naa a22 4500 510751490 CHVBK 20180411083106.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11270-013-1476-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11270-013-1476-6 Distribution and Contamination of Heavy Metal in the Coastal Sediments of Port Klang, Selangor, Malaysia [Elektronische Daten] [Seyedeh Tavakoly Sany, Aishah Salleh, Majid Rezayi, Naghmeh Saadati, Leila Narimany, Ghazaleh Tehrani] The coastal sediments of Port Klang in Malaysia were monitored from November 2009 to October 2010 to evaluate the spatial distribution of heavy metals As, Cu, Cd, Cr, Ni, Pb, Zn, Pb, Mn, Al and Fe. Sediment samples were collected from 21 stations, covering three subsidiary ports, namely West Port, North Port and South Port, at three-month intervals. The geo-accumulation index and the enrichment factor were estimated to assess contamination status based on background values. Additionally, the sediment quality guide was applied to evaluate the adverse biological effects of heavy metals. These results show that the concentrations of some metals, such as As, Cd and Pb were comparatively higher than the background values. This is considered a critical environmental issue for this region. Furthermore, the toxicity estimation indicates that living organisms have a high risk of As exposure. Spatial distribution maps of heavy metals would aid in the identification of pollution sources and vulnerable sites. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2013 Heavy metals nationallicence Sediment pollution nationallicence Port Klang nationallicence Malaysia nationallicence Tavakoly Sany Seyedeh Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia aut Salleh Aishah Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia aut Rezayi Majid Food Science and Technology Research Institute, ACECR Mashhad Branch, Mashhad, Iran aut Saadati Naghmeh School of Chemical Sciences and Food Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia aut Narimany Leila School of Chemical Sciences and Food Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia aut Tehrani Ghazaleh Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia aut Water, Air, & Soil Pollution Springer Netherlands 224/4(2013-04-01), 1-18 0049-6979 224:4<1 2013 224 11270 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-013-1476-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-013-1476-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tavakoly Sany Seyedeh Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Salleh Aishah Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rezayi Majid Food Science and Technology Research Institute, ACECR Mashhad Branch, Mashhad, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Saadati Naghmeh School of Chemical Sciences and Food Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Narimany Leila School of Chemical Sciences and Food Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tehrani Ghazaleh Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Water, Air, & Soil Pollution Springer Netherlands 224/4(2013-04-01), 1-18 0049-6979 224:4<1 2013 224 11270 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer