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Mesozooplankton Community Structure and Oceanographic Features
in the South China Sea
Isyraf Haqim bin Mohd Tamizam
Supervisor: Dr. Nurul Huda binti Ahmad Ishak
Bachelor of Sciences (Marine Biology)
School of Marine and Environmental Sciences
A survey of mesozooplankton community structure and oceanographic features
in East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia at South China Sea had been done during
July 2017 with a total of 11 stations within four transects in Kelantan and
Terengganu waters. The study was done to identify the distribution of the
mesozooplankton and relate it with the oceanographic features of the South
China Sea. From the result, the range density of mesozooplankton were 745.4
- 5752.4 Ind.m -3 with inshore community were much denser than offshore
community. The most dominant taxa were from the Copepod
(Calanoida(21%), Harpacticoida(16%) and Cyclopoida(6%)) followed by
Appendicularia(18%) and Chaetoagnatha(10%). From cluster analysis, five
different groups of mesozooplankton community could be found based on their
density categorized from the most common with high density to rarest with low
density. In addition, principle component analysis showed most station showed
utmost correlation with temperature compared to salinity and DO.
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