Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) and total aliphatic hydrocarbon (TAH) in the bottom sediment of the South China Sea, Area I: Gulf of Thailand and east coast of Peninsular Malaysia
Abstract
Surface sediment (0-2cm) from 23 station in the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea were analysed for Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH), and Total Aliphatic Hydrocarbon (TAH). PAH was found to be in the range between 0.7047 mmg/g dry wt. (Stn 70) to 26.6066 mmg/g dry wt. (Stn 52) to 25.5314 mmg/g dry wt. (Stn 41). Long chain aliphatic hydrocarbon (n>20) were found to be dominant species in the most of the sample.
Suggested Citation
Rashid, M. K. A. (1999). Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) and total aliphatic hydrocarbon (TAH) in the bottom sediment of the South China Sea, Area I: Gulf of Thailand and east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. In Proceedings of the First Technical Seminar on Marine Fishery Resources Survey in the South China Sea, Area I: Gulf of Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia, 24-26 November 1997, Bangkok, Thailand (pp. 100-104). Samutprakan, Thailand: Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center.