Baseline distribution and sources of linear alkyl benzenes (LABs) in surface sediments from Brunei Bay, Brunei

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 397-403

  Alkhadher, Sadeq Abullah Abdo ^a   Zakaria, Mohamad Pauzi ^b   Yusoff, Fatimah Md ^a   Kannan, Narayanan ^a   Suratman, Suhaimi ^c   Keshavarzifard, Mehrzad ^a   Magam, Sami Muhsen ^a   Masood, Najat ^a   Vaezzadeh, Vahab ^a   Sani, Muhamad Shirwan Abdullah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Brunei; Brunei Bay; I E ratio; Linear alkylbenzenes (LABs); Sewage

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMERS; LABORATORIES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; BRUNEI; BRUNEI BAY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRIES (GC-MS); LINEAR ALKYL BENZENE; SECONDARY EFFLUENT; SEWAGE POLLUTIONS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

BASELINE CONDITIONS; BENZENE; COASTAL SEDIMENT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEWAGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM; DRY WEIGHT; EFFLUENT; ISOMER; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; ANALYSIS; BAY; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISOMERISM; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

BORNEO; BRUNEI BAY; BRUNEI DARUSSALAM;

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BAYS; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BRUNEI; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ISOMERISM; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84974625132     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.10.011     Document Type: Article

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