Variability of organic carbon content in bottom sediment of Pahang River Estuary, Pahang, Malaysia

Yunus, Kamaruzzaman and Abdurahman, Siti Waznah and Ong, Meng Chuan and Saad, Shahbudin and Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal (2009) Variability of organic carbon content in bottom sediment of Pahang River Estuary, Pahang, Malaysia. Journal of Applied Sciences, 9 (24). pp. 4253-4257. ISSN 1812-5662 (O), 1812-5654 (P)

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Abstract

The percentage organic carbon content of 62 bottom estuarine sediment in Pahang river estuary were analyzed using the wet dichromate oxidation method. In this study, the organic carbon distribution ranged from 0.09 to 2.05%. The high concentration can be found near the Pahang river mouth while the low concentration occurred at upstream. The sediment particle size at the same transects were also measured with the dry sieving and laser diffraction method. The average concentration of organic carbon was 0.88% while the average grain size was 2.44 φ. In this study, the carbon organic showed a significant relationship with the mean size (p<0.05) with the organic carbon content increase with the increase of mean size values.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	5410/4111
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Estuarine sediment, Pahang river estuary, organic carbon, particle size
Subjects:	Q Science > QD Chemistry
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Science > Department of Biotechnology Kulliyyah of Science > Institute of Oceanography and Maritime Studies
Depositing User:	Professor Dr. Kamaruzzaman Yunus
Date Deposited:	12 Oct 2011 10:06
Last Modified:	07 Dec 2017 12:33
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/4111

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