Research Article
Assessment of Near-Bottom Water Quality of Southwestern Coast of Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia: A Multivariate Statistical Approach
Table 5
Summary of coastal water quality in Malaysia.
| | Area | Salinity (ppt) | Temp. (°C) | DO (mg/L) | pH | Turbidity (NTU) | Chl-a (mg/m3) | -N (mg/L) | -N (mg/L) | -N (mg/L) | TP (mg/L) | IP (mg/L) | Reference |
| | Pulau Tuba, Langkawi | 33.1–34.0 | 27.4–29.5 | 3.8–6.5 | 7.7–8.2 | ND | 5.67–12.4 | ND | 0.001–0.004 | 0.002–0.027 | ND | 0.000–0.001 | [3] | | Port Dickson | 29.7–30.0 | 28.6–28.9 | 5.5–6.6 | 8.2–8.3 | ND | ND | 0.12–0.18 | ND | 0.01–0.05 | ND | 0.06–0.09 | [4] | | Northeast of Penang Island | ND | ND | 3.7–4.9 | 7.5–8.0 | 21.4–1750.8 | ND | ND | ND | 0.30–0.50 | 0.088–0.199 | ND | [29] | | Southwestern of Sarawak | 23.0–31.7 | 26.2–36.0 | 4.5–6.1 | 7.2–8.6 | 5.4–793.7 | 0.1–3.5 | 0.015–0.088 | 0.002–0.025 | 0.031–0.180 | 0.013–0.130 | 0.006–0.025 | Present study |
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The value was converted from μg/L to mg/L. The value was converted from mg PO4/L to mg P/L. ND: not determined.
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