TY  - JOUR
T1  - Spectrometry and Chemometrics Interpretation of Metals in the Sulu and
Celebes Seas of Malaysian Waters During PMSE 09’ Expedition
AU - Adiana, G. AU - Joseph, B. AU - Shazili, N.A.M. AU - Mohamad, M. AU - Juahir, H. 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 7
SP  - 1745
EP  - 1756
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2018.1745.1756
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2018.1745.1756
KW  - Dissolved metals
KW  -particulate metals
KW  -chemometrics
KW  -Borneo Island
KW  -Sulu Sea
KW  -Celebes Sea
AB  - A research expedition was carried out off the Borneo Island coastal in order to define the current level
and behavior of metals in the water column of Sulu and Celebes Seas. Water samples were collected at 37
stations off Sabah and Sarawak coasts. Samples were then pre-concentrated using Chelex-100 resin, preserved
on-board ship prior transportation to the laboratory and finally, analyzed using Inductively Coupled Plasma
Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). Overall, the vertical profiling of metals showed no distinctive patterns. In the
meantime, the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) showed a group of bioactive metals and abundance metals
in the upper continental crust. Additionally, PCA showed the decrease in of temperature and salinity led to
increase of Dissolved Oxygen (DO) in depth. Besides that, the elements partitioning exhibits that Chromium
(Cr), Nickel (Ni), iron (Fe) and lead (Pb) has the strongest adsorption onto Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM)
whereas Cadmium (Cd), Zinc (Zn) and Aluminium (Al) showed the weakest bond with SPM. In brief, data
collected throughout the present research has evidence the influenced of land-based contaminants into the
water column as well as the physico-chemical characteristics of Sulu and Celebes Seas off Malaysian waters.
ER  -