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Compilation of marine invasive species in west coast of peninsular
Malaysia
Amirul Afiq bin Mohd Ribani
Dr. Hing Lee Siang
Bachelor of Science (Marine Science)
School of Marine and Environmental Science
University of Malaysia Terengganu
2018
Invasive species are organism that causes ecological or economic harm in environment
which not native to the environment area. Some characteristics of the invasive species
are lack of predators to keep them in check, produce a lot of offspring and can survive
in harsh condition. This study was conducted to collect the data of marine invasive
species and marine species in west coast of peninsular Malaysia. The inventory were
collected from various sources and recorded. The collected data were then analysed
for species origin. A total of 336 marine species are collected. Most of the species are
chordates which are mostly fishes. From the total marine species collected, a small
percentage of total marine species collected are invasive to the other marine species
in the study area.
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