Coastal Resources of East Coast Peninsular Malaysia:

An Assessment in Relation to Potential Oil Spills

Edited by

Chuah Thia-Eng & Joseph K. Charles

This study was published at a stage when Malaysians were beginning to realise that although the oil exploration boom was bringing them increased wealth and a higher standard of living, the marine environment was suffering as well. With oil company funding a team of Malaysian and foreign biologists carried out a two year study to determine the current state of the marine life and what, if anything, could be done to protect it. The results of which are published in this book. 306 pages. Chapters include -

• 1 - Physical Environments of the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia - Chau Thia-Eng,
• 2 - Prediction Analysis of Oil Slick Drift from Tapis Field - Phillipe Martin,
• 3 - Hydrocarbon Content in the Coastal Water Along the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia - Sonny Phang, TK Hwang and Ang Tian-tse,
• 4 - Coral reef Resources of the East Coast of Pennsular Malaysia - MWRN De Silva, Christine Betterton & Russel A. Smith,
• 5 - The Mangrove Resources of the East Coast Peninsular Malaysia - Gong Wooi-Khoon, Ong Jin-Eong and Leong Yueh-Kong,
• 6 - The Mangrove Invertebrate Resources of East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia - Wong Tat-Meng, Joseph K Charles & Khoo Thean Teik,
• 7 - Marine Invertebratesof East Coast peninsular Malaysia - Leong Tak-Seng,
• 8 - Seashells of the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia -Michel Angot,
• 9 - Coastal and Riverine Plankton of the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia - Chua Thia-Eng,
• 10 - The Fish Fauna of Some Beaches and Estuaries Along the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia - Eddy SP Tan,
• 11 - Sea Turtles in the east Coast of Peninsular Malaysia and Their economic Importance - Long Tak-Seng and Siow Kuan-Tow,
• 12 - Marine Blue-Green Algae and Nitrogen-Fixation - Tan Sai-Tee,
• 13 - Income and Expenditure of Fishermen Households - Khoo Khay-Jin and GR Elliston,
• 14 - Tourism in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia - Leong Tak-Seng and Siow Kuan-Tow,
• 15 - The Marine Fisheries of the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia: An Overview - Eddy SP Tan &
• 16 - Assessment of Environmental Vulnerability of the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia - Chua Thia-Eng.
• There is also a bibliography and an index of organisms.

Weight 0.60 Kg. 

Published by: Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang 1984. First edition

Condition: Near Fine. Paperback.