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1st core in Thailand (Gulf of Thailand) June 2004
2nd core in Philippines (Manila Bay) Dec. 2004
3rd core in Vietnam (Off Saigon River) July 2005
4th core in Malaysia (Straits of Johor) Sep. 2006
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1.Thailand Reconstruction of pollution history of organic contaminants in the upper Gulf of Thailand by using sediment cores: first report from Tropical Asia Core (TACO) project. Ruchaya Boonyatumanond, Gullaya Wattayakorn, Atsuko Amano, Yoshio Inouchi, Hideshige Takada. Mar. Pollut. Bull.,, 2007.
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Distribution of linear alkylbenzenes (LABs) in riverine and coastal environments in South and Southeast Asia.Kei O. Isobe, Mohamad P. Zakaria, Nguyen H. Chiem, Le Y. Minh, Maricar Prudente, Ruchaya Boonyatumanond, and Hideshige Takada (2004) Water Research, vol..38, p.2449-2459.
Quantitative application of fecal sterols using GC-MS to investigate fecal pollution in tropical waters: western Malaysia and Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Kei O. Isobe, Mitsunori Tarao, Mohamad P. Zakaria, Nguyen H. Chiem, Le Y. Minh, and Hideshige Takada (2002) Environ. Sci. Technol. vol.36, p.4497-4507.
Alkylbenzenes in Mussels from South and South East Asian Coasts as a Molecular Tool to Assess Sewage Impact. Shinobu Tsutsumi, Yuka Yamaguchi, Itsuko Nishida, Ken-ichiro Akiyama, Mohamad Pauzi Zakaria, Hideshige Takada (2002) Mar. Pollut. Bull. vol. 45, p.325-331.
Distribution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Rivers and Estuaries in Malaysia: A Widespread Input of Petrogenic PAHs. Mohamad Pauzi Zakaria, Hideshige Takada, Shinobu Tsutsumi, Kei Ohno, Junya Yamada, Eriko Kouno, Hidetoshi Kumata (2002) Environ. Sci. Technol. vol.36, p.1907-1918.
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAHs) and Hopanes in Stranded Tar-balls on the Coasts of Peninsular Malaysia: Applications of Biomarkers for Identifying Sources of Oil Pollution.Zakaria M.P., Okuda T., and Takada H. (2001) , Mar. Pollut. Bull. vol.42, p.1357-1366.