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Soil Seed Bank of BRIS Soil Ecosystem of Terengganu
Nur’Ain Amira binti Mohamad Razuan
Supervisor: Prof. Madya Dr. Jamilah binti Mohd Salim@Halim
Bachelor of Applied Science
(Biodiversity Conservation and Management)
School of Marine and Environmental Sciences
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Soil seed bank plays important roles in vegetation regeneration in natural
ecosystem following disturbance and restoration of degraded ecosystem. A
study was conducted to determine soil seed bank regeneration of the coastal
beach ridge or BRIS Soil ecosystem in Setiu and Dungun, Terengganu. At each
site, 18 replicate of soil samples were collected and subjected to germination
observation for 5-6 weeks. The seedlings emerged from the soil then were
counted and identified to the lowest possible taxa. Results shows that total of
348 seedlings emerged from the soil from those two study sites mainly
consisted of Imperata cylindrica (Poaceae), seedlings of Cucurbiaceae and
Asteracea. The similarity between emerging seedling and standing vegetation
species is very low by only 43 seedlings of Poaceae that reflecting the poor
regeneration of BRIS soil. The restoration effort should be conducted by
bringing the ex situ seedlings and should not be relied on seed bank.
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