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Benthic Life Form and Hard Coral Communities at Pulau Bidong,
Terengganu
Nur Aliah binti Mohd Ali
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof Dr. Zainudin bin Bachok
Bachelor of Science (Marine Science)
School of Marine Environmental Science
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
A study about benthic life form and hard coral communities at Pulau Bidong has been
conducted at eight sampling stations by using Coral Video Transect (CVT) techniques.
The underwater video is frequently being used in marine ecology studies. In order to
quantify the percentage cover of benthic organisms, this technique (CVT) was used in
determining the coral community structure. The highest number of coral genera were
identified within station 1 (27 coral genera) meanwhile the least was recorded at
station 6 (8 coral genera) There were 33 coral genera identified through the entire
stations. There are three dominated reef at entire station which are Acropora, Fungia
and Porites. Moreover, the quality of reef around Pulau Bidong is deemed in ‘Good’
state with the ranging 21.45%-69.66. The CVT technique was recommended because
it provides a permanent data. The data stored are useful for coral reef management
and monitoring in Malaysia.
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