Growth performance of Malaysian's spoongrass, Halophila ovalis (R.Br.) Hooker f. under different substrate, salinity and light regime.

Halophila ovalis plants collected from the native environment (Lat. 04°54.473 N, Long. 115°22.299’E-Pantai Bangat, Lawas, Sarawak, Malaysia) were grown in aquarium culture system to assess: (i) the feasibility of using planting materials e.g. rhizomes with and devoid of leaves, (ii) the growth and d...

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Main Authors: Bujang, Japar Sidik, Zakaria, Muta Harah, I., Mohd Fakhrulddin, M. S., Khairul Anuar, Arshad, Aziz
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Published: 2010
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14938/
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author Bujang, Japar Sidik
Zakaria, Muta Harah
I., Mohd Fakhrulddin
M. S., Khairul Anuar
Arshad, Aziz
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Zakaria, Muta Harah
I., Mohd Fakhrulddin
M. S., Khairul Anuar
Arshad, Aziz
author_sort Bujang, Japar Sidik
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description Halophila ovalis plants collected from the native environment (Lat. 04°54.473 N, Long. 115°22.299’E-Pantai Bangat, Lawas, Sarawak, Malaysia) were grown in aquarium culture system to assess: (i) the feasibility of using planting materials e.g. rhizomes with and devoid of leaves, (ii) the growth and development of the plants under non-native substrates, fine beach sand and coarse river sand, (iii) the sustain growth and development of the population, and (iv) the tolerance range of plants under the tested salinity and depth. These assessment were achieved by planting rhizomes with or devoid of leaves in the tested sub-strates in containers, maintained in artificial seawater of various salinity, with minimum aeration and exposed in shaded out- door natural condition. The artificial seawater permitted a standardization of the medium. By manipulating the placement of substrates in the container (and planting of rhizomes into individual container) then submerged at different depths into the aquarium facilitated observation, recording of data and transferring of plants from one test condition to another. The morpho- logical changes of the vegetative parts e.g. leaf, petiole dimensions and paired cross-veins numbers of H. ovalisin the created conditions were compared to those of H. ovalis from native environment.
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spelling upm-149382015-09-01T02:14:40Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14938/ Growth performance of Malaysian's spoongrass, Halophila ovalis (R.Br.) Hooker f. under different substrate, salinity and light regime. Bujang, Japar Sidik Zakaria, Muta Harah I., Mohd Fakhrulddin M. S., Khairul Anuar Arshad, Aziz Halophila ovalis plants collected from the native environment (Lat. 04°54.473 N, Long. 115°22.299’E-Pantai Bangat, Lawas, Sarawak, Malaysia) were grown in aquarium culture system to assess: (i) the feasibility of using planting materials e.g. rhizomes with and devoid of leaves, (ii) the growth and development of the plants under non-native substrates, fine beach sand and coarse river sand, (iii) the sustain growth and development of the population, and (iv) the tolerance range of plants under the tested salinity and depth. These assessment were achieved by planting rhizomes with or devoid of leaves in the tested sub-strates in containers, maintained in artificial seawater of various salinity, with minimum aeration and exposed in shaded out- door natural condition. The artificial seawater permitted a standardization of the medium. By manipulating the placement of substrates in the container (and planting of rhizomes into individual container) then submerged at different depths into the aquarium facilitated observation, recording of data and transferring of plants from one test condition to another. The morpho- logical changes of the vegetative parts e.g. leaf, petiole dimensions and paired cross-veins numbers of H. ovalisin the created conditions were compared to those of H. ovalis from native environment. 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14938/1/Growth%20performance%20of%20Malaysian.pdf Bujang, Japar Sidik and Zakaria, Muta Harah and I., Mohd Fakhrulddin and M. S., Khairul Anuar and Arshad, Aziz (2010) Growth performance of Malaysian's spoongrass, Halophila ovalis (R.Br.) Hooker f. under different substrate, salinity and light regime. Coastal Marine Science, 34 (1). pp. 103-107. ISSN 1349-3000 English
spellingShingle Bujang, Japar Sidik
Zakaria, Muta Harah
I., Mohd Fakhrulddin
M. S., Khairul Anuar
Arshad, Aziz
Growth performance of Malaysian's spoongrass, Halophila ovalis (R.Br.) Hooker f. under different substrate, salinity and light regime.
title Growth performance of Malaysian's spoongrass, Halophila ovalis (R.Br.) Hooker f. under different substrate, salinity and light regime.
title_full Growth performance of Malaysian's spoongrass, Halophila ovalis (R.Br.) Hooker f. under different substrate, salinity and light regime.
title_fullStr Growth performance of Malaysian's spoongrass, Halophila ovalis (R.Br.) Hooker f. under different substrate, salinity and light regime.
title_full_unstemmed Growth performance of Malaysian's spoongrass, Halophila ovalis (R.Br.) Hooker f. under different substrate, salinity and light regime.
title_short Growth performance of Malaysian's spoongrass, Halophila ovalis (R.Br.) Hooker f. under different substrate, salinity and light regime.
title_sort growth performance of malaysian's spoongrass, halophila ovalis (r.br.) hooker f. under different substrate, salinity and light regime.
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14938/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14938/1/Growth%20performance%20of%20Malaysian.pdf