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Biomass of Zooplankton in the waters off Muka Head, Penang.
Noor Syazanna binti Mohd Alias
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Othman bin Haji Ross
Bachelor of Science (Marine Science)
School of Marine and Environmental Sciences
This study was about the long-term variation changes of zooplankton abundance and
biomass in the waters off Muka Head between November 2012 and February 2014.
The aim of this study were to identify zooplankton and determine zooplankton
abundance and biomass over 6-month period by using the length-weight regressions.
Zooplankton was collected horizontally by using 140 µm mesh plankton net and the
subsampling was done by using Stempel pipette. Copepods were the most important
constituents of the zooplankton in all areas. Calanoid copepod and harpacticoid
copepod are observed as the dominance in Muka Head waters. The highest biomass
was recorded in January 2013 and lowest in September 2013. The dominant
contributor to variation in total zooplankton abundance was copepods but copepods
was not the main contributor to total zooplankton biomass.
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