Assessment of heavy metal levels in an urban river in the Philippines using an unconstrained ordination- and GIS-based approach: evidence of the return of past pollution after the 2013 Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda)

Assessment of heavy metal levels in an urban river in the Philippines using an unconstrained ordination- and GIS-based approach: evidence of the return of past pollution after the 2013 Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda)

Assessment of urban river sediment quality is paramount to understanding the impacts of urbanization on aquatic ecosystems and public health. The study evaluated the health impacts and sources of heavy metal pollutants in the Mangonbangon river, Tacloban City. With the abundance of heavy metal conta...

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Main Authors: Custer Calingasan Deocaris, Reymar Ratonel Diwa, Princess Barreo Tucio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IWA Publishing 2022-09-01
Series:H2Open Journal
Subjects:
health indices
heavy metals
mangonbangon river
non-metric multidimensional scaling
pollution
typhoon haiyan (yolanda)
Online Access:http://h2oj.iwaponline.com/content/5/3/412

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