Composition and sources of aliphatic lipids and sterols in sediments of a tropical island, southern South China Sea: preliminary assessment
Date
2013
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Publisher
Springer
Abstract
Near-shore surface sediment was collected from five stations off Redang Island located on the eastern coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Freeze-dried sediments were Soxhlet extracted and then fractionated using column chromatography into aliphatic and polar fractions. Determination of these fractions was carried out using gas chromatography mass spectrometry.
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Keywords
Marine sediment, Biogenic origin, N-alkanes, Polar aliphatic lipids, Biomarkers
Citation
Mohd Tahir, N., Pang, S. Y., Abdullah, N. A., & Suratman, S. (2013). Composition and sources of aliphatic lipids and sterols in sediments of a tropical island, southern South China Sea: preliminary assessment. Environmental monitoring and assessment, 185, 10209-10216.