Lateral distribution, environmental occurrence, and assessment of organic pollutants in surface sediments of the East Malaysia

Alkhadher SAA 1 , Suratman S , Zakaria MP 2

Affiliations 

  • 1 Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia. sadeq.abdo@umt.edu.my
  • 2 Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences (IOES), University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Environ Monit Assess, 2023 May 24;195(6):720.
PMID: 37222826 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-023-11310-w

Abstract

One of the molecular chemical markers used to identify anthropogenic inputs is linear alkylbenzenes (LABs) that cause serious impacts in the bays and coastal ecosystems. The surface sediments samples collected from the East Malaysia, including Brunei bay to estimate the LABs concentration and distribution as molecular markers of anthropogenic indicators. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was used after purification, fractionation the hydrocarbons in the sediment samples to identify the sources of LABs. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Pearson correlation coefficient were applied to analyze the difference between sampling stations' significance at p 

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