Current status of coral reefs in Tioman Island, Peninsular Malaysia

Saad, Shahbudin and Khodzori, Mohd. Fikri Akmal and Salleh, Faris and Mohammad Noor, Normawaty and Yukinori, Mukai (2017) Current status of coral reefs in Tioman Island, Peninsular Malaysia. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 41 (2). pp. 294-305. ISSN 1300-0179 E-ISSN 1303-6114

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Abstract

The present study aimed to determine the current status of corals using the coral video transect (CVT) method in the east coast, west coast, and isolated areas of Tioman Island, Peninsular Malaysia. A total of 65 genera from 21 families of corals were identified, from which the scleractinian corals of Acropora, Montipora, and Porites were dominant in the coral assemblages. Nine reef sites were categorised as having ‘good’ (51.4%–60.3%) coral condition and four reef sites as having ‘fair’ (37.6%–49.2%) coral condition. This study concluded that the reefs around Tioman Island were in ‘good’ average coral condition and have high generic diversity with mixed coral morphological structures. The east coast and isolated areas had better live coral cover compared to the west coast area due to less coastal development and human impacts.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	5605/56862
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Scleractinian corals, non-scleractinian corals, soft corals, r-K-S ternary diagrams, Tioman Island, Peninsular Malaysia
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General) S Agriculture > SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Science > Department of Biotechnology Kulliyyah of Science > Department of Marine Science
Depositing User:	Dr. Shahbudin Saad
Date Deposited:	15 May 2017 16:04
Last Modified:	17 Apr 2018 14:27
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/56862

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