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Marine Landscape Classification of Taman Laut Labuan, WP Labuan
Nur Aina binti Mohd Azlan Jamal
Supervisor: Dr. Khaira binti Ismail
Bachelor of Science (Marine Science)
School of Marine and Environmental Sciences
Development of acoustic survey techniques such as the multibeam echo sounder has
provided wide-scale exploration and information on seafloor characteristics. In marine
spatial management, it is important to classify the marine environment in an ecological
manner for marine resources management without risking the environment. The
concept of this study is to develop a classification scheme by using geophysical
features derived from bathymetric data thus determining potential benthic habitats.
This study proposes an approach to map the marine landscape in Taman Laut Labuan.
Benthic terrain modeler in ArcGIS was utilised to obtain the classification of marine
landscape. Results show a general pattern of terrain based on four zone and eleven
structure classifications derived from the obtained abiotic variables. These analysed
data were then validated with in-situ dataset: coral video transects (CVT). The end
product is a generalised classification based on abiotic data which can also be used to
emphasise terrain’s biodiversity.
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