Md. Rashed-Un-Nabi and Low, Sin Ee. and Md. Azharul Hoque and Madihah Jaafar Sidik and Ejria Saleh and Ann Anton, Datin (2010) Effects of red tide on physico-chemical properties of water and phytoplankton assemblage in Sepanggar Bay, Sabah, Malaysia. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 36 (4). pp. 245-251. ISSN 0377-015X
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Abstract
Harmful algal bloom (HAB) produced by Cochlodinium sp. is a serious concern in the west coast of Sabah in Malaysia. Recently frequent occurrence of red tide has been reported in Sepanggar Bay, south of Kota Kinabalu. This paper presents a comparative study of physico-chemical properties of water and phytoplankton assemblage during red tide and non-red tide period in Sepanggar Bay. Measured parameters were significantly different (p<0.05) between the red tide and non-red tide periods. The mean abundances of phytoplankton was 0.388x106 cells L and 1.628x106 cells during red tide and non-red tide period respectively. The global R value, obtained through analysis of similarity test, in non-red tide period (0.03) were higher than in the red tide period (0.01 ) which indicates more diverse phytoplankton assemblage during non-red tide period. Cochlodinium sp. was the most discriminating species (31.39%) during red tide period and Coscinodiscuss sp. (18.25%) during the non-red tide period. Through cluster analysis three species groups were found during red tide period while six groups were found during non-red tide period, which implies less diverse phytoplankton assemblage in the presence of red tide.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword: | Cluster analysis, Harmful algal bloom, Multidimensional scaling, Similarity percentage |
| Subjects: | S Agriculture > SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301-705.5 Biology (General) > QH540-549.5 Ecology |
| Department: | INSTITUTE > Borneo Marine Research Institute |
| Depositing User: | ADMIN ADMIN |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Apr 2012 12:44 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Oct 2017 11:54 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/3977 |
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