Assessment of Heavy Metals in Water, Sediment, and Fishes of a Large Tropical Hydroelectric Dam in Sarawak, Malaysia

Table 3

The metals content in sediment reported in various studies with regard to the dam environment.

Study site	mg/kg
	Fe	Mn	Zn	Cu	Hg
Bakun (this study)	10342–22126	32.32–265.50	6.54–62.28	4.26–16.26	0.03–0.39
Batang Ai Dam	2994–3693	16.44–820.06	nd–16.48	—	0.08–0.17
Masinga Dam	—	259.12–642.3	60.04–75.84	11.38–23.67	—
Iron Gate Dam	5000–32000	400–1100	49.4–389.5	17.80–57.60	0.06–0.30
Atatürk Dam	12587–19265	73–514	59-60	14.5–22.7	nd
Aguamilpa Dam	4740–15900	—	14.8–51.8	0.79–60.8	0.01–0.04
Avsar Dam	22734–25268	—	—	23.5–30.0	—

Sim et al., 2014 [34].
Nzeve et al., 2014 [14].
Milenkovic et al., 2005 [35].
Karadede and Ünlü, 2000 [36].
Rangel-Peraza et al., 2015 [37].
Öztürk et al., 2009 [38].