Dissolved, leachable and particulate trace metals in the southern Terengganu coastal water, South China Sea

Abstract

The distribution of the trace metals Al, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn between dissolved, particulate and total leachable phase in the South China Sea off the Terengganu coast was studied. Seawater samplings were carried out in May 2007, September 2007 and November 2007.