B.Sc. (Marine Science), Chulalongkorn University , Bangkok , Thailand .
M.S. (Environmental Engineering), Asian Institute of Technology , Bangkok , Thailand .
Ph.D. (Chemical Oceanography), VIMS, College of William and Mary , U.S.A.

Coastal and Estuarine Pollution, Oil Pollution, Eutrophication , Environmental Management

1. Wattayakorn, G. (1987) Dissolved silica in the Bang Pakong estuary, Thailand . Paper presented at the XVI Pacific Science Congress, Seoul , Korea , 20-30 August, 1987.
   

2. Wattayakorn, G. (1987) Distribution of petroleum residues in surficial sediments from the Gulf of Thailand . Proc. of the Specialized Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Pollution, Fukuoka , Japan . 81-87.

3. Windom, H., R. Smith, C. Rawlinson, M. Hungspreugs, S. Dharmvanij and G. Wattayakorn (1988) Trace metal transport in a tropical estuary. Marine Chemistry: 24, 293 - 305.

4. Wattayakorn, G. and A. Penroj (1989) Behavior of iron and manganese in the Bang Pakong estuary, Thailand . Proc. of the 17 th International Conference on “Heavy Metals in the Environment”, Geneva , Vol. II, 412-415.

5. Prapong, P. and G. Wattayakorn (1990) Nutrient distribution in the Lower Tha Chin river. Proc. of the 28 th Conference-Environmental section, Kasetsart University , Bangkok , 29 - 31 January, 1990: 627- 637.

6. Ehrhardt, M., G. Wattayakorn and R. Dawson (1990) GC/MS based analyses of individual organic constituents of Chao Phraya river water and estimated discharge rates into the Upper Gulf of Thailand. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science: 30, 439-451.

7. Wattayakorn, G., E. Wolanski and B. Kjerfve (1990) Mixing, trapping and outwelling in the Klong Ngao mangrove swamp, Thailand . Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science: 31, 667-688.

8. Piyakarnchana, T., N. Paphavasit, G. Wattayakorn and B. Bunpapong. (1990) Marine pollution in the Gulf of Thailand . Proc. of the workshop on “Land-based Marine Pollution Problem in the Asia-Pacific Region: Status and Legal Developments”. Bangkok , Thailand , 7-10 May, 1989. pp. 44-75.

9. Wattayakorn, G. (1991) Nutrient transport : A case study of the Ranong mangrove ecosystem, Thailand . Report no. 3, Workshop on Energy Transfer and Nutrient Fluxes. 1-9 February, 1991, Singapore .

10. Wattayakorn, G. (1991) Petroleum hydrocarbons in mangrove environment. Proc. of the 7 th

11. National Seminar on Mangrove Ecology, 22-25 July 1991, Trang , Thailand . V-5, 1-10.

12. Sunwanich, K. and G. Wattayakorn (1991) Petroleum hydrocarbons in water, sediments and green mussel (Perna viridis) from the Lower Tha Chin river. Thai Journal of Environmental Research, vol. 13, no.2, 21-38.

13. Inoue, H., G. Wattayakorn, M. Bunpapong and T. Ochi (1991) Fluxes of dissolved nutrients and particulate organic matter from the Chao Phraya river into the Upper Gulf of Thailand. Paper presented at the 2 nd WESTPAC Symposium, 2-6 December, 1991, Penang , Malaysia .

14. Wattayakorn, G., T. Ochi and T. Okaichi (1991) Eutrophication trends in the water quality of the Chao Phraya river, Thailand . ibid.

15. Montani, S., G. Wattayakorn, T. Ochi and T. Okaichi (1991) Organic constituents of sediments from the Chao Phraya river estuary, Thailand . ibid.

16. Inoue, H. and G. Wattayakorn (1991) Optical properties of water in the Chao Phraya estuary. ibid.

17. Piyakarnchana, T., S. Wisessang, G. Wattayakorn, S. Boonyapiwat and T. Okaichi (1991)

18. Changes in phytoplankton population in the Chao Phraya estuary, Thailand , during the eutrophication mechanisms studies. Ibid.

19. Wattayakorn, G. (1991) Petroleum pollution in the Gulf of Thailand . Proc. the Regional Seminar on Coastal & Offshore Engineering, 9-11 December, 1991. Kuala Terengganu , Malaysia . VII 9-13.

20. Wattayakorn, G. and K. Sunwanich (1992) Hydrocarbon contaminations in water and sediments from Tha Chin river estuary, Thailand . Proc. of the 5 th International Conference on Environmental Contamination, 30 Sept. - 1 Oct. 1992 , Morges , Switzerland . 75-77.

21. Aksornkoae, S., N. Paphavasit and G. Wattayakorn (1993) Mangroves of Thailand: Present status of conservation, use and management. In: ISME Mangrove Ecosystem Technical Report, Vol. 1: The Conservation in Southeast Asia/Pacific Region, 83-133.

22. Wattayakorn, G., P. Prapong and J. Kromnoi (1993) Distribution of nutrients in mangrove forests at Phang-nga Province . Proc. of the 8 th National Seminar on Mangrove Ecology, 25-28 August 1993, Surat Thani , Thailand . IV-8, 1-13.

23. Wattayakorn, G. (1994) Petroleum hydrocarbons in Thai waters: A review. Proc. of the 5 th National Marine Science Seminar, National Research Council of Thailand . 22-24 August 1994. Rayong , Thailand . SC3, 1-13.

24. Wattayakorn, G., P. Prapong and S. Aksornkoae (1994) Status of nutrients in mangrove soil and water at Phang-nga Bay and Ban Don Bay. Proc. of the Third ASEAN-Australia Symposium on Living Coastal Resources, Vol. 2, 363-372.

25. Gordon, D.C. Jr., P.R. Boudreau, K.H. Mann, J.E. Ong, W.L. Silvert, S.V. Smith, G. Wattayakorn, F. Wulff and T. Yanagi (1996). LOICZ Biogeochemical Modelling Guidelines, LOICZ Reports & Studies No. 5, Texel , Netherlands . 96 pp.

26. Wolanski, E., G. Wattayakorn and B. King (1996) Water circulation and pollutant transport in the Gulf of Thailand . Proc. of IOC-WESTPAC Third International Scientific Symposium, Bali , Indonesia , 22- 26 Nov., 1994 : 392-410.

27. Wattayakorn, G. (1996) Effects of shrimp ponds on nutrient transport from mangroves in Thailand . Proc. of IOC-WESTPAC Third International Scientific Symposium, Bali , Indonesia , 22- 26 Nov., 1994 : 129 - 137.

28. Wattayakorn, G. (1997) Nitrogen and phosphorus budgets in a mangrove estuary, Thailand . Proc. of the 10 th National Seminar on Mangrove Ecology, 25 - 28 August 1997, Songkhla , Thailand . V-17, 1-8.

29. Wattayakorn, G., C. Tingsabadh, N. Paphavasit and A. Piumsomboon (1997). Integrated coastal zone assessment: Case study on economic evaluation and biophysical modeling of the impact of shrimp farming on the mangrove systems of Bandon Bay , Suratthani Province , Southern Thailand . Proc. of the 3 rd LOICZ Open Science Meeting: Global Change Science in the Coastal Zone. Noordwijkerhout , Netherlands . p.23, (Abstract)

30. Wattayakorn, G., P. Suthanaruk and B. King (1997) An assessment of petroleum hydrocarbon contamination in coastal waters of Thailand . Proc. of ASEAN-Canada Technical Conference on Marine Science, Penang , Malaysia , 24-28 June, 1996: II-79 - II-91.

31. Wattayakorn, G., B. King, E. Wolanski and P. Suthanaruk (1998) Seasonal dispersion of petroleum contaminants in the Gulf of Thailand. Continental Shelf Research: 18, 641-659.

32. Wongnapapan, P., G. Wattayakorn and A. Snidvongs. (1999). Petroleum hydrocarbons in seawater and some sediments of the South China Sea , Area I: The Gulf of Thailand and East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Proc. 1 st Technical Seminar on Marine Fishery Resources Survey in the South China Sea, 24-26 November, 1997, Bangkok, Thailand. pp. 105-110.

33. Chumchuchan, S., G. Wattayakorn, W. Tuanweechayan and P. Suthanaruk. (1999) Petroleum hydrocarbon contamination in coastal environment of the Upper Gulf of Thailand: Extent and sources. Proc. of ASEAN-Canada Technical Conference on Marine Science, Langawi , Malaysia , 26-30 October, 1998: p. 217-224.

34. Wattayakorn, G. (1999) C, N and P budgets of Bandon Bay , Suratthani , Thailand . Proc. of the 15 th Biennial International Conference: Estuarine Research Federation’99. 25-30 September, 1999, New Orleans , U.S.A. p.110 (Abstract).

35. Wattayakorn, G., P. Prapong and D. Noichareon (1999) Biogeochemical budgets for Bandon Bay, Suratthani, Thailand. Proc. of the 4 th Open Science Meeting, 15-18 November, 1999. Bahia Blanca , Argentina , p.111 (Abstract).

36. Wattayakorn, G. (1999) Inter-regional comparisons: Regional pressure-state issue: South East Asia . Proc. of the 4 th Open Science Meeting, 15-18 November, 1999. Bahia Blanca , Argentina . p.74 (Abstract)

37. Wattayakorn, G., C. Tingsabadh, A. Piumsomboon, N. Paphavasit, S. Aksornkoae, S. Sathirathai, P. Prapong and S. Thananuparppaisarn (1999). Economic Evaluation and Biogeochemical Modeling of Bandon Bay , Suratthani , Thailand . Final Report submitted to SARCS/WOTRO/LOICZ. 118 pp.

38. สนิท อักษรแก้ว กัลยา วัฒยากร และคณะ (2542) การฟื้นฟูและพัฒนาทรัพยากรป่าชายเลนเพื่อสังคมและเศรษฐกิจอย่างยั่งยืนของประเทศไทย รายงานฉบับสมบูรณ์ สำนักงานกองทุนสนับสนุนการวิจัย ( ด้านสิ่งแวดล้อม) 407 หน้า.

39. Saramul, S. and G. Wattayakorn (2000) Petroleum hydrocarbon contamination in seawater along the western coast of the Philippines . Proc. of the Third Technical Seminar on Marine Fishery Resources Survey in the South China Sea, Area III: Western Philippines, 13-15 July, 1999, Manila, Philippines, pp. 316-320.

40. Sawangphol, N. and G. Wattayakorn (2000) Land use classification of Ban Don Bay coastal area, Suratthani , Thailand . Proc. of the Regional Seminar for East and Southeast Asian Countries: ECOTONE VIII, Ranong , Thailand , 23-28 May, 1999, pp. 331-340.

41. Wattayakorn, G and S. Leongkangwankid (2000) Nutrient fluxes in Tapi estuary, Suratthani , Thailand . Proc. of the Regional Seminar for East and Southeast Asian Countries: ECOTONE VIII, Ranong , Thailand , 23-28 May, 1999, pp. 273-281.

42. Ayukai, T., E. Wolanski, G. Wattayakorn and D.M. Alongi (2000) Organic carbon and nutrient dynamics in mangrove creeks and adjacent coastal waters of Sawi Bay, southern Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication: 22, 51-62.

43. Wattayakorn, G., T. Ayukai and P. Sojisuporn (2000) Material transport and biogeochemical processes in Sawi Bay , Southern Thailand . Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication: 22, 63-77.

44. Alongi, D.M., G. Wattayakorn, T. Ayukai, B. F. Clough, E. Wolanski and G.J. Brunskill (2000). A mass balance for organic carbon in mangrove-fringed Sawi Bay, Southern Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication: 22, 79-85.

45. Wattayakorn, G., P. Prapong and D. Noichareon (2001) Biogeochemical budgets and processes in Bandon Bay, Suratthani, Thailand. Journal of Sea Research 46: 133-142.

46. Alongi, D.M., G. Wattayakorn, J. Pfitzner, I. Zagorskis, F. Tirendi, G.J. Brunskill, and B.F. Clough (2001) Organic carbon accumulation and metabolic pathways in sediments of mangroves of southern Thailand. Marine Geology 179: 85-103.

47. Wattayakorn, G. (2001) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Chao Phraya estuary and estimated discharge rates into the Upper Gulf of Thailand. Proc. 5 th IOC/WESTPAC International Scientific Symposium, 27-31 August 2001, Seoul , Korea .

48. Saramul, S. and G. Wattayakorn (2002) Exchange of nutrients between Klong Paknakorn and Pak Phanang Bay , Nakhon Si Thammarat Province . Proc. Symposium on Aquatic Resources and Environment: Integrated Management and Utilization, 6-8 Dec. 2001, Chiangmai , Thailand , pp. III-18 - III-25.

49. Noichareon, D. and G. Wattayakorn (2002) Accumulation of persistent organic pollutants in sediments and green mussel Perna viridis from the Tachin estuary, Samut Sakhon Province . Proc. Symposium on Aquatic Resources and Environment: Integrated Management and Utilization, 6-8 Dec. 2001, Chiangmai , Thailand , pp. III-26 - III-33.

50. Rattanasutthipong, K. and G. Wattayakorn (2002) Accumulation of heavy metals in sediments and Avicennia alba Bl. from the Lower Tha-Chin River . Proc. Symposium on Aquatic Resources and Environment: Integrated Management and Utilization, 6-8 Dec. 2001, Chiangmai , Thailand , pp. III-86 - III-92.

51. Chaipuriwong, J. and G. Wattayakorn (2002) Distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediments from the Tha-Chin Estuary, Samut Sakhon Province . Proc. Symposium on Aquatic Resources and Environment: Integrated Management and Utilization, 6-8 Dec. 2001, Chiangmai , Thailand , pp. III-93 - III-100.

52. Wattayakorn, G., J. Chaipuriwong and D. Noichareon. 2002. Contamination of pollutants in the Tha-Chin estuary. In: Population and Coastal Resources, College of Population Studies, Chulalongkorn University Press, No. 287, pp. 293-303.

53. Wattayakorn, G. (2002) Assessment of potential nutrient release from dredging activities. In: Characterization of Contaminated Sediments (M. Pellei, A. Porta and R. E. Hinchee: eds.). Battelle Press, Columbus , USA . S1-1: pp. 255-262.

54. Alongi, D.M., L. Trott, G. Wattayakorn and B.F. Clough (2002) Below-ground nitrogen cycling in relation to net canopy production in mangrove forests of southern Thailand . Marine biology, 140: 855-864.

55. Wattayakorn, G. (2002) Nutrient status in Pak Phanang Bay , Nakhon Sri Thamarat, Thailand . Proc. the Twelfth National Seminar on Mangrove Ecology, 28-30 August, 2002, Twin Lotus Hotel, Nakhon Sri Thamarat, National Research Council of Thailand, pp. I-1-1 - I-1-9.

56. Saramul, S. and G. Wattayakorn (2002) Roles of mangrove plantation in supporting coastal fertility of Pak Nakhon coastal area, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province . Proc. the Twelfth National Seminar on Mangrove Ecology, 28-30 August, 2002, Twin Lotus Hotel, Nakhon Sri Thamarat, National Research Council of Thailand, pp. III-5-1 - III-5-7.

57. Adeel, Z, M. Tabucanon, Y. In-na, M. Thanomphan, G. Wattayakorn, K. Tsukamoto and S. Vongvisessomjai. (2003) Capacity development needs in the Chao Phraya River basin and the Gulf of Thailand. Paper presented at the International Conference on "Managing Shared Waters: Towards Sustainable Transboundary Coastal Ecosystems", 23-28 June, 2002, Ontario, Canada. United Nations University Press, 25 pp.

58. Wattayakorn, G. (2003) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Chao Phraya estuary, Thailand . J. Sci. Res. Chula. Univ., Vol.28, no.2: 15-27, Special Issue I (NRC-EHWM).

59. Wattayakorn, G. (2003) Contamination of toxic substances in the Tha Chin Estuary, Thailand .

60. Paper presented at 6 th International Conference on the Environmental Management of Enclosed Coastal Seas. 18-21 November, 2003. Bangkok , Thailand .

61. Wattayakorn, G. (2003) Nutrient status and fluxes at the sediment-water interface in Pak Phanang Bay , Nakhon Si Thammarat Province . In: Aksornkoea et al. (eds.)”Integrated Management of Mangrove Plantations for Development of Coastal Resources and Environments of Thailand .” Final Report submitted to Thailand Research Fund, pp. 239-250.

62. Wattayakorn, G. and Tanmanee, N. (2003) Selected heavy metals in sediments from Pak Phanang Bay , Nakhon Si Thammarat Province . In: Aksornkoea et al. (eds.)”Integrated Management of Mangrove Plantations for Development of Coastal Resources and Environments of Thailand .” Final Report submitted to Thailand Research Fund, pp. 269-276.

63. Wattayakorn, G. 2003. Contamination of PAHs in coastal environment of Thailand .

64. Paper presented at the First JSPS Joint Seminar on Coastal Oceanography, Chiang Mai , Thailand , 14-16 December 2003.

65. Wattayakorn, G. 2004. Marine environmental status in Thai Waters. Paper presented at the Fourth UNU-ORI International Workshop on Marine Environment, Otsuchi, Japan, 12-16 February, 2004.

66. Alongi, D.M., G. Wattayakorn, F. Tirendi and P. Dixon. 2004. Nutrient capital in different aged forests of the mangrove Rhizophora apiculata. Botanica Marina, 47: 116-124.

67. Alongi, D.M., G. Wattayakorn, S. Boyle, F. Tirendi, C. Payn and P. Dixon. 2004. Influence of roots and climate on mineral and trace element storage and flux in tropical mangrove soils. Biogeochemistry 69(1): 105-123.

68. Wattayakorn, G. 2004. Petroleum hydrocarbon contamination in coastal environment of Thailand . Paper presented at the 2 nd Coastal Zone Asia Pacific Conference, Brisbane , Australia . 5-9 September, 2004