13.05.2018 Views

merged

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

Temporal Pattern of Chlorophyll-a in Terengganu Estuary<br />

NUR NABIHAH BINTI SANAB<br />

NUR AIMI SAFFA BINTI PAUZI<br />

Supervisor: Dr. Poh Seng Chee<br />

Bachelor of Science (Analytical and Environmental Chemistry)<br />

School of Marine and Environmental Sciences<br />

Universiti Malaysia Terengganu<br />

Chlorophyll concentration is a good environmental indicator of total amount of<br />

phytoplankton in ecosystem. This project main objective is to monitoring the temporal<br />

pattern concentration of chlorophyll-a as well as to study its relationship towards<br />

salinity at Kuala Terengganu estuary. Based on observation, chlorophyll ranged from<br />

0.29 mgm -3 to 0.95 mgm -3 . Lower chlorophyll concentrations were observed during<br />

high tide. Linear regression of determination (r 2 ) towards salinity and chlorophyll is<br />

0.46 while for DO is -0.009. Based on r 2 value, we can hypotheses that the salinitydependent<br />

changes of chlorophyll-a concentration in Kuala Terengganu estuary<br />

control the estuarine phytoplankton biomass.<br />

1990 | UMT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY 2018

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!