Meiobenthic community in vegetative areas at Sungai Pulai estuary, Johor, Malaysia
Sungai Pulai is blessed with seagrass beds and mangroves but at the same time exposed to the increasing industrial activities in the Straits of Johor. Samples of sediment were collected during the low tide to investigate the contribution of vegetative bottom to the community of meiobenthos and harp...
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| author | Kassim, Zaleha Mohd Fathi, Farah Diyana Yunus, Kamaruzzaman John, Akbar |
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| description | Sungai Pulai is blessed with seagrass beds and mangroves
but at the same time exposed to the increasing industrial activities in the Straits of Johor. Samples of sediment were collected during the low tide to investigate the contribution of vegetative bottom to the community of meiobenthos and harpacticoid copepods inhabiting the estuary.Three areas, starting from the outer part of the estuary toward the river;Merambong seagrass bed, Merambong Island and Sungai Duku were chosen for the study. Salinity and dissolved oxygen is significantly
different (p<0.05) between the Merambong areas and Sungai Duku, where the values are in decreasing order. Organic carbon is significantly higher in Sungai Duku than in the Merambong areas while chlorophyll-a concentration shows a contrast result. Meiobenthic communities are separated spatially between stations where the community in Sungai
Duku and Merambong Island is in higher abundance than in Merambong seagrass bed. Nematodes become the most dominant followed by the harpacticoids in both Sungai Duku and Merambong seagrass beds. The harpacticoid dominance is replaced by the amphipods in several quadrates in pulau Merambong. Vegetation such as seagrass and mangroves might improve the bottom condition thus supports the existence of harpacticoids and other meiobenthos in the estuary of Sungai Pulai. |
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| spelling | iium-475892016-07-17T08:11:32Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/47589/ Meiobenthic community in vegetative areas at Sungai Pulai estuary, Johor, Malaysia Kassim, Zaleha Mohd Fathi, Farah Diyana Yunus, Kamaruzzaman John, Akbar GC Oceanography QH Natural history QH301 Biology Sungai Pulai is blessed with seagrass beds and mangroves but at the same time exposed to the increasing industrial activities in the Straits of Johor. Samples of sediment were collected during the low tide to investigate the contribution of vegetative bottom to the community of meiobenthos and harpacticoid copepods inhabiting the estuary.Three areas, starting from the outer part of the estuary toward the river;Merambong seagrass bed, Merambong Island and Sungai Duku were chosen for the study. Salinity and dissolved oxygen is significantly different (p<0.05) between the Merambong areas and Sungai Duku, where the values are in decreasing order. Organic carbon is significantly higher in Sungai Duku than in the Merambong areas while chlorophyll-a concentration shows a contrast result. Meiobenthic communities are separated spatially between stations where the community in Sungai Duku and Merambong Island is in higher abundance than in Merambong seagrass bed. Nematodes become the most dominant followed by the harpacticoids in both Sungai Duku and Merambong seagrass beds. The harpacticoid dominance is replaced by the amphipods in several quadrates in pulau Merambong. Vegetation such as seagrass and mangroves might improve the bottom condition thus supports the existence of harpacticoids and other meiobenthos in the estuary of Sungai Pulai. Malayan Nature Society 2015-12-23 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/47589/1/162-489-1-PB.pdf Kassim, Zaleha and Mohd Fathi, Farah Diyana and Yunus, Kamaruzzaman and John, Akbar (2015) Meiobenthic community in vegetative areas at Sungai Pulai estuary, Johor, Malaysia. Malayan Nature Journal, 67 (1). pp. 1-14. ISSN 0025-1291 http://www.mnj.my/ |
| spellingShingle | GC Oceanography QH Natural history QH301 Biology Kassim, Zaleha Mohd Fathi, Farah Diyana Yunus, Kamaruzzaman John, Akbar Meiobenthic community in vegetative areas at Sungai Pulai estuary, Johor, Malaysia |
| title | Meiobenthic community in vegetative areas
at Sungai Pulai estuary, Johor, Malaysia |
| title_full | Meiobenthic community in vegetative areas
at Sungai Pulai estuary, Johor, Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Meiobenthic community in vegetative areas
at Sungai Pulai estuary, Johor, Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Meiobenthic community in vegetative areas
at Sungai Pulai estuary, Johor, Malaysia |
| title_short | Meiobenthic community in vegetative areas
at Sungai Pulai estuary, Johor, Malaysia |
| title_sort | meiobenthic community in vegetative areas
at sungai pulai estuary, johor, malaysia |
| topic | GC Oceanography QH Natural history QH301 Biology |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/47589/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/47589/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/47589/1/162-489-1-PB.pdf |