Trend of meiobenthos density and composition in Karah Island, South China Sea (Corak Kepadatan dan Komposisi Meiobentos di Pulau Karah, Laut China Selatan)

Meiobenthos in Bidong Archipelago in coastal water of the South China Sea is hypothesised to have a certain trend of distribution particularly in the island ecosystem where it is usually having different type of sea bottom. Nonetheless, since it is located in a tropical area, the trend at the sub-ti...

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Main Authors:	Kassim, Zaleha, M.N, Nasiratul Shahida, Siang, Hii Yii, Yunus, Kamaruzzaman
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Language:	English English
Published:	UKM 2016
Subjects:	SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
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spelling	iium-547702017-02-24T08:02:30Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/54770/ Trend of meiobenthos density and composition in Karah Island, South China Sea (Corak Kepadatan dan Komposisi Meiobentos di Pulau Karah, Laut China Selatan) Kassim, Zaleha M.N, Nasiratul Shahida Siang, Hii Yii Yunus, Kamaruzzaman SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling Meiobenthos in Bidong Archipelago in coastal water of the South China Sea is hypothesised to have a certain trend of distribution particularly in the island ecosystem where it is usually having different type of sea bottom. Nonetheless, since it is located in a tropical area, the trend at the sub-tidal could be less obvious due to absent of clear season. Meiobenthic sampling was carried out in Karah Island, an island in Bidong Archipelago, from the intertidal, towards the sub-tidal zone covering the coral and non-coral area to see the trend in the density and composition. A transparent hand core was used to collect benthos samples. Nematoda and harpacticoid copepods dominated the intertidal and sub-tidal zone respectively. Harpacticoid copepods were higher in density in the non-coral sediment than the coral area. This could be due to the high content of silt and clay in the coral area (2.98% of silt and clay). The 2-dimension MDS analysis on the density data indicated the highest degree of scattering and an over-lapping condition for those intertidal and sub-tidal samples respectively. ANOSIM result showed that the degree of similarity was lower at the intertidal (70%) than the sub-tidal (reaching 90%) in the first sampling before both became no significant different in the second sampling. It could indicate the stable condition in the subtidal than the intertidal ecosystem. The comparatively low density of meiobenthos could indicate their response towards the environmental condition in the area which will only be confirmed by long term ecological study. UKM 2016-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54770/1/02%20K%20Zaleha.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54770/7/54770_trends%20of%20meiobenthos%20density_wos_scopus.pdf Kassim, Zaleha and M.N, Nasiratul Shahida and Siang, Hii Yii and Yunus, Kamaruzzaman (2016) Trend of meiobenthos density and composition in Karah Island, South China Sea (Corak Kepadatan dan Komposisi Meiobentos di Pulau Karah, Laut China Selatan). Sains Malaysiana, 45 (7). pp. 1019-1024. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/
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spellingShingle	SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling Kassim, Zaleha M.N, Nasiratul Shahida Siang, Hii Yii Yunus, Kamaruzzaman Trend of meiobenthos density and composition in Karah Island, South China Sea (Corak Kepadatan dan Komposisi Meiobentos di Pulau Karah, Laut China Selatan)
description	Meiobenthos in Bidong Archipelago in coastal water of the South China Sea is hypothesised to have a certain trend of distribution particularly in the island ecosystem where it is usually having different type of sea bottom. Nonetheless, since it is located in a tropical area, the trend at the sub-tidal could be less obvious due to absent of clear season. Meiobenthic sampling was carried out in Karah Island, an island in Bidong Archipelago, from the intertidal, towards the sub-tidal zone covering the coral and non-coral area to see the trend in the density and composition. A transparent hand core was used to collect benthos samples. Nematoda and harpacticoid copepods dominated the intertidal and sub-tidal zone respectively. Harpacticoid copepods were higher in density in the non-coral sediment than the coral area. This could be due to the high content of silt and clay in the coral area (2.98% of silt and clay). The 2-dimension MDS analysis on the density data indicated the highest degree of scattering and an over-lapping condition for those intertidal and sub-tidal samples respectively. ANOSIM result showed that the degree of similarity was lower at the intertidal (70%) than the sub-tidal (reaching 90%) in the first sampling before both became no significant different in the second sampling. It could indicate the stable condition in the subtidal than the intertidal ecosystem. The comparatively low density of meiobenthos could indicate their response towards the environmental condition in the area which will only be confirmed by long term ecological study.
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author	Kassim, Zaleha M.N, Nasiratul Shahida Siang, Hii Yii Yunus, Kamaruzzaman
author_facet	Kassim, Zaleha M.N, Nasiratul Shahida Siang, Hii Yii Yunus, Kamaruzzaman
author_sort	Kassim, Zaleha
title	Trend of meiobenthos density and composition in Karah Island, South China Sea (Corak Kepadatan dan Komposisi Meiobentos di Pulau Karah, Laut China Selatan)
title_short	Trend of meiobenthos density and composition in Karah Island, South China Sea (Corak Kepadatan dan Komposisi Meiobentos di Pulau Karah, Laut China Selatan)
title_full	Trend of meiobenthos density and composition in Karah Island, South China Sea (Corak Kepadatan dan Komposisi Meiobentos di Pulau Karah, Laut China Selatan)
title_fullStr	Trend of meiobenthos density and composition in Karah Island, South China Sea (Corak Kepadatan dan Komposisi Meiobentos di Pulau Karah, Laut China Selatan)
title_full_unstemmed	Trend of meiobenthos density and composition in Karah Island, South China Sea (Corak Kepadatan dan Komposisi Meiobentos di Pulau Karah, Laut China Selatan)
title_sort	trend of meiobenthos density and composition in karah island, south china sea (corak kepadatan dan komposisi meiobentos di pulau karah, laut china selatan)
publisher	UKM
publishDate	2016
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Trend of meiobenthos density and composition in Karah Island, South China Sea (Corak Kepadatan dan Komposisi Meiobentos di Pulau Karah, Laut China Selatan)

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