Welcome to the homepage of Malaysian Marine Environmental Material Database
This fully web-enabled database system contains information pertaining to the occurrence of contaminants and natural elements in the marine eco-system based on samples taken at various locations within the shores of Malaysia in the form of sediment, seawater and marine biota. It represents a systematic approach for recording, storing and managing the vast amount of marine environmental data collected as output of the MINT Marine Contamination and Transport Phenomena Research Project since 1990. The resultant collection of data are to form the background information (or baseline data) which could later be used to monitor the level of marine environmental pollutions around the country.

Data collected from the various sampling and related laboratory activities are previously kept in conventional forms such as Excel worksheets and other documents, both in digital and/or paper form. With the help of modern database storage and retrieval techniques, the task of storage and retrieval of data has been made easier and manageable. It can also provide easy access to other parties who are interested in the data.

MINT Marine Contamination and Transport Phenomena Research Project is under the auspices of the Radiochemistry and Environmental Group, operating under the umbrella of MINT Industrial Technology Division. The project is currently headed by Dr. Khalik Wood, a senior research scientist with many years of experience in the area of marine environmental studies. Use of nuclear and related techniques such as Neutron Activation Analysis and Gas Chromatography has enable samples taken from sea beds at the various locations to be analyzed for the occurrence of natural elements and man-made contaminants.

Click here to find out more on how the sampling and analysis of samples are being done.

Currently the database contains 11559 records of samples taken over 127 sampling stations and 124 monitored elements/compunds.
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List of sampling stations
List of elements/compounds being monitored
Related activities
Oceonographic Expedition, Straits of Malacca, 2001
RCA sub-project: Management of Marine Coastal Environment and Its Pollution
Related links
Marine Contamination and Transport Phenomena Research Project brief report
ASPAMARD
GLOMARD
IAEA Marine Environment Laboratory, Monaco