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Benthic Life Form and Hard Coral Communities at Pulau Karah,<br />

Terengganu<br />

Muhammad Azim Firdaus bin Jafri<br />

Supervisor: Assoc. Prof Dr. Zainudin bin Bachok<br />

Bachelor of Science (Marine Science)<br />

School of Marine and Environmental Science<br />

A study of current status of hard coral communities and benthic life form within coral<br />

reefs ecosystem at five selected area by using an optimized Coral Video Transect (CVT)<br />

survey method. The coral video transect survey is used to quantify the percentage<br />

cover of coral reefs and benthic life organisms in determining the abundance of hard<br />

coral communities in study area. The Coral Point Count with Excel Extension (CPCe)<br />

used to identify the coral structure and PRIMER software used for statistical analysis.<br />

A total of 34 coral genera had been identified at 5 study sites. The most dominated<br />

reef at the study area are Acropora, Porites and Montipora. The ANOSIM for<br />

significance different in coral genera (p < 0.05) with high dissimilarity among the<br />

transects.<br />

1883 | UMT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY 2018

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