Spatial distribution trend of plankton in Sungai Pulai Estuary, the straits of Johor, Malaysia

A spatial distribution study was carried out to investigate the influence of some environmental factors to planktons using collected samples from the Sungai Pulai estuary, near to the Singapore boarder. Six stations chosen for the field sampling were Port Tanjung Pelepas (S1), Tanjung Bin Charcoal P...

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Main Authors:	Kassim, Zaleha, Yunus, Kamaruzzaman, Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal, Jaafar, Ili Nabilah, Nordin, Nur Suhaila, Wan Ahmad, Wan Muhamad Amir, Ismail, Ahmad, John, Akbar
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Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit UKM 2015
Subjects:	Q Science (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/45975/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45975/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45975/1/54.pdf

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spelling	iium-459752017-12-06T04:46:16Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/45975/ Spatial distribution trend of plankton in Sungai Pulai Estuary, the straits of Johor, Malaysia Kassim, Zaleha Yunus, Kamaruzzaman Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal Jaafar, Ili Nabilah Nordin, Nur Suhaila Wan Ahmad, Wan Muhamad Amir Ismail, Ahmad John, Akbar Q Science (General) A spatial distribution study was carried out to investigate the influence of some environmental factors to planktons using collected samples from the Sungai Pulai estuary, near to the Singapore boarder. Six stations chosen for the field sampling were Port Tanjung Pelepas (S1), Tanjung Bin Charcoal Plant (S2), seagrasses of Pulau Merambong (S4) and Second-Link Bridge (S5) and mangrove areas (S3, S6). There is no significant difference of phytoplankton abundance (p>0.05) between stations. Instead, it differs significantly at the level of p<0.05; p= 0.0001 (Two tailed, t=14.10 df=34) between sampling session. In contrast, there is a significant difference of zooplankton abundance (p<0.05) in the sampling stations (χ2 = 17.3,(5)), but there is no significant difference (p>0.05; p=0.8966) between the sampling session (Two tailed, t=0.1310, df=34). Biplot analysis shows that most species are associated with the stations except for Protoperidinium sp., Lithodesmia sp. and Alexendrium sp. Copepod species including Microcalanus sp., Calanus sp. and Temora sp. are associated with S5. Paracalanus sp., Euterpina sp., Tigriopus sp., Oithona sp. and Pseudocalanus sp. are associated with S1, S2 and S4. The planktons are correlated with the temperature (Pearson’s correlation, r2=-0.897) and salinity (Pearson’s correlation, r2=0.9416) in March but no correlation is found in November sampling session. The results indicated the important role of certain environmental factors, namely the salinity and temperature to the distribution of the planktons in Sungai Pulai estuary. Penerbit UKM 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/45975/1/54.pdf Kassim, Zaleha and Yunus, Kamaruzzaman and Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal and Jaafar, Ili Nabilah and Nordin, Nur Suhaila and Wan Ahmad, Wan Muhamad Amir and Ismail, Ahmad and John, Akbar (2015) Spatial distribution trend of plankton in Sungai Pulai Estuary, the straits of Johor, Malaysia. Sains Malaysiana, 44 (9). pp. 1257-1262. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/
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spellingShingle	Q Science (General) Kassim, Zaleha Yunus, Kamaruzzaman Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal Jaafar, Ili Nabilah Nordin, Nur Suhaila Wan Ahmad, Wan Muhamad Amir Ismail, Ahmad John, Akbar Spatial distribution trend of plankton in Sungai Pulai Estuary, the straits of Johor, Malaysia
description	A spatial distribution study was carried out to investigate the influence of some environmental factors to planktons using collected samples from the Sungai Pulai estuary, near to the Singapore boarder. Six stations chosen for the field sampling were Port Tanjung Pelepas (S1), Tanjung Bin Charcoal Plant (S2), seagrasses of Pulau Merambong (S4) and Second-Link Bridge (S5) and mangrove areas (S3, S6). There is no significant difference of phytoplankton abundance (p>0.05) between stations. Instead, it differs significantly at the level of p<0.05; p= 0.0001 (Two tailed, t=14.10 df=34) between sampling session. In contrast, there is a significant difference of zooplankton abundance (p<0.05) in the sampling stations (χ2 = 17.3,(5)), but there is no significant difference (p>0.05; p=0.8966) between the sampling session (Two tailed, t=0.1310, df=34). Biplot analysis shows that most species are associated with the stations except for Protoperidinium sp., Lithodesmia sp. and Alexendrium sp. Copepod species including Microcalanus sp., Calanus sp. and Temora sp. are associated with S5. Paracalanus sp., Euterpina sp., Tigriopus sp., Oithona sp. and Pseudocalanus sp. are associated with S1, S2 and S4. The planktons are correlated with the temperature (Pearson’s correlation, r2=-0.897) and salinity (Pearson’s correlation, r2=0.9416) in March but no correlation is found in November sampling session. The results indicated the important role of certain environmental factors, namely the salinity and temperature to the distribution of the planktons in Sungai Pulai estuary.
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author	Kassim, Zaleha Yunus, Kamaruzzaman Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal Jaafar, Ili Nabilah Nordin, Nur Suhaila Wan Ahmad, Wan Muhamad Amir Ismail, Ahmad John, Akbar
author_facet	Kassim, Zaleha Yunus, Kamaruzzaman Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal Jaafar, Ili Nabilah Nordin, Nur Suhaila Wan Ahmad, Wan Muhamad Amir Ismail, Ahmad John, Akbar
author_sort	Kassim, Zaleha
title	Spatial distribution trend of plankton in Sungai Pulai Estuary, the straits of Johor, Malaysia
title_short	Spatial distribution trend of plankton in Sungai Pulai Estuary, the straits of Johor, Malaysia
title_full	Spatial distribution trend of plankton in Sungai Pulai Estuary, the straits of Johor, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Spatial distribution trend of plankton in Sungai Pulai Estuary, the straits of Johor, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Spatial distribution trend of plankton in Sungai Pulai Estuary, the straits of Johor, Malaysia
title_sort	spatial distribution trend of plankton in sungai pulai estuary, the straits of johor, malaysia
publisher	Penerbit UKM
publishDate	2015
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/45975/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45975/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45975/1/54.pdf
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Spatial distribution trend of plankton in Sungai Pulai Estuary, the straits of Johor, Malaysia

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