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Muhammad Hafiz Borkhanuddin, . and Chun, Hong James Tan and Md Nizam Ismail, . and Nurzahirah Kamarudin, . and Putri Asma Megat Yusop, . and Symigdalas, Emmanouil and Hamilton, Kimiko K. and Seng, Chee Poh and Yusri Yusuf, . (2018) Benthic Invertebrates in coral reefs of Pulau Payar Marine Park: a quantitative survey. [Proceedings Paper]
Abstract
Invertebrate fauna are considered indicators of ecological change and an important component of coral reef ecosystems. Possible disturbance to the reef can be estimated through monitoring of invertebrates' community structure, abundance, biomass and productivity of the benthic. In the course of our study the abundance of coral associated invertebrates was investigated among five islands of Payar archipelago using the common benthic validation exercise such as quadrat and CVT. Numbers of invertebrates are presented herein according to each island, Pulau Payar (34 taxa), Pulau Lembu (21 taxa), Pulau Lembu Kecil (19 taxa), Pulau Segantang (19 taxa) and Pulau Kacha (10 taxa). Invertebrates communities (in term of diversity) differed significantly among islands, however in term of abundance, several taxa dominated in all islands such as Pedum sp. (flame scallop), Lopha sp. (Cock's comb oyster), Diadema sp. (sea urchin), and Spondylus sp. (thorny oyster). Likewise, the least abundance was also represented by similar taxa such as Tridacna sp. (giant clam), Cypraea sp. (Cowrie snail), and Cassis sp. (helmet shell). Most of the dominated taxa were filter feeders, detritivorous, suspended feeders, and a herbivorous. As such, in term of abundance, the coral resilience is suggested to be very low, as herbivorous invertebrate presented low in the studied areas. Nevertheless, taking into consideration of scrapers, grazers, excavators, browsers and generalist, their density range between 9-34 ind/100m². This study extends the known community structure and abundance of associated invertebrates to Pulau Payar and their minimal relation to it resilience.
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Invertebrate fauna are considered indicators of ecological change and an important component of coral reef ecosystems. Possible disturbance to the reef can be estimated through monitoring of invertebrates' community structure, abundance, biomass and productivity of the benthic. In the course of our study the abundance of coral associated invertebrates was investigated among five islands of Payar archipelago using the common benthic validation exercise such as quadrat and CVT. Numbers of invertebrates are presented herein according to each island, Pulau Payar (34 taxa), Pulau Lembu (21 taxa), Pulau Lembu Kecil (19 taxa), Pulau Segantang (19 taxa) and Pulau Kacha (10 taxa). Invertebrates communities (in term of diversity) differed significantly among islands, however in term of abundance, several taxa dominated in all islands such as Pedum sp. (flame scallop), Lopha sp. (Cock's comb oyster), Diadema sp. (sea urchin), and Spondylus sp. (thorny oyster). Likewise, the least abundance was also represented by similar taxa such as Tridacna sp. (giant clam), Cypraea sp. (Cowrie snail), and Cassis sp. (helmet shell). Most of the dominated taxa were filter feeders, detritivorous, suspended feeders, and a herbivorous. As such, in term of abundance, the coral resilience is suggested to be very low, as herbivorous invertebrate presented low in the studied areas. Nevertheless, taking into consideration of scrapers, grazers, excavators, browsers and generalist, their density range between 9-34 ind/100m². This study extends the known community structure and abundance of associated invertebrates to Pulau Payar and their minimal relation to it resilience.
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| Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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| Additional Information: | Available at Perpustakaan Sultan Abdul Samad, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. QH91.75 M3S471 2018 Call number. |
| AGROVOC Term: | coral reefs |
| AGROVOC Term: | benthic ecosystems |
| AGROVOC Term: | marine parks |
| AGROVOC Term: | surveys |
| AGROVOC Term: | sampling |
| AGROVOC Term: | invertebrates |
| AGROVOC Term: | marine ecologists |
| AGROVOC Term: | biodiversity |
| AGROVOC Term: | ecological succession |
| Geographical Term: | Malaysia |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Azariah Hashim |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Nov 2025 03:15 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Nov 2025 03:15 |
| URI: | http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1605 |
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