Anthropogenic waste indicators (AWIs), particularly PAHs and LABs, in Malaysian sediments: application of aquatic environment for identifying anthropogenic pollution

• Main Authors: Masood, Najat Abdullah Ebrahim, Zakaria, Mohamad Pauzi, Halimoon, Normala, Aris, Ahmad Zaharin, Magam, Sami Muhsen Sleman, Kannan, Narayanan, Mustafa, Shuhaimi, Mohd Ali, Masni, Keshavarzifard, Mehrzad, Vaezzadeh, Vahab, Al-Khadher, Sadeq Abdullah Abdo, Al-Odaini, Najat Ahmed
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2016
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16979/1/Anthropogenic%20waste%20indicators%20%28AWIs%29%2C%20particularly%20PAHs%20and%20LABs%2C%20in%20Malaysian%20sediments%20application%20of%20aquatic%20environment%20for%20identifying%20anthropogenic%20pollution.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16979/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X1530182X
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and linear alkylbenzenes (LABs) were used as anthropogenic markers of organic chemical pollution of sediments in the Selangor River, Peninsular Malaysia. This study was conducted on sediment samples from the beginning of the estuary to the upstream river durin...