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Taxonomic composition and abundance of zooplankton Copepoda in the coastal waters of Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia


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Ismail, Johan and Abu Hena, Mustafa Kamal and Idris, Mohd Hanafi and Arshad, Aziz (2013) Taxonomic composition and abundance of zooplankton Copepoda in the coastal waters of Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia. Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, 8 (3). pp. 472-479. ISSN 1816-4927; ESSN: 1996-0751

Abstract

The abundance and composition of copepod was carried out in the coastal waters of Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia on March 2005. Samples were collected using conical plankton net with the mesh size of 153 μm. Copepod identified comprised of four orders namely, Calanoida, Cyclopoida, Harpacticoida and Poecilostomatoida. A total of 49 species belonging to 26 genera were identified. Nine most abundant species were Paracalanus crassirostris, Paracalanus elegans, Temora stylifera, Temora turbinata, Oncaea venusta, Corycaeus andrewsi, Corycaeus subtilis, Paracalanus parvus and Paracalanus denudatus. The first four species mentioned were the most abundant species and they accounted for over 50% of the total numbers of identified copepods. Copepod species which were rare and low in abundance included Delius nudus, Acrocalanus gracilis, Tortanus forcipatus, Centropages orsini, Corycaeus dahlia, Copilia mirabilis, Labidocera minuta, Microstetella rosea and Cosmocalanus darwini. Cosmocalanus darwini is new record to Malaysian waters. Species richness and diversity tends to increase towards the offshore while abundance increased towards the inshore stations.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Agriculture
Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.3923/jfas.2013.472.479
Publisher: Academic Journals
Keywords: Coastal; Copepoda; Inshore; Malaysia; Offshore; Tropical; Zooplankton
Depositing User: Umikalthom Abdullah
Date Deposited: 14 Nov 2014 07:19
Last Modified: 22 Sep 2015 02:57
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30696
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