Assessment of Near-Bottom Water Quality of Southwestern Coast of Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia: A Multivariate Statistical Approach

Table 2

Trophic status of Sarawak coastal water [28].

Station	Chl-a	TP	TN
1	Eutrophic	Mesotrophic	Oligotrophic
2	Oligotrophic	Eutrophic	Mesotrophic
3	Oligotrophic	Hypertrophic	Hypertrophic
4	Oligotrophic	Hypertrophic	Oligotrophic
5	Oligotrophic	Mesotrophic	Oligotrophic
6	Oligotrophic	Mesotrophic	Oligotrophic
7	Oligotrophic	Hypertrophic	Oligotrophic
8	Mesotrophic	Mesotrophic	Oligotrophic
9	Mesotrophic	Eutrophic	Oligotrophic
10	Mesotrophic	Mesotrophic	Oligotrophic
11	Oligotrophic	Mesotrophic	Oligotrophic
Trophic level	Oligo: Chl-a < 1 mg/m^3	Oligo: TP < 0.01 mg/L	Oligo: TN < 0.26 mg/L
	Meso: 1 < Chl-a < 3 mg/m^3	Meso: 0.01 < TP < 0.03 mg/L	Meso: 0.26 < TN < 0.35 mg/L
	Eutro: 3 < Chl-a < 5 mg/m^3	Eutro: 0.03 < TP < 0.04 mg/L	Eutro: 0.35 < TN < 0.4 mg/L
	Hyper: Chl-a > 5 mg/m^3	Hyper: TP > 0.04 mg/L	Hyper: TN > 0.4 mg/L