Diversity and abundance of scleractinian corals in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia: a case study of Redang and Tioman Islands

The species lists of scleractinian hard corals in Peninsular Malaysia have not been updated for 15 years. The present study aimed to determine the diversity and abundance patterns of scleractinian hard corals at twenty eight fringing reef sites along the coast of Redang and Tioman Islands. Visual...

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Main Authors: Khodzori, Fikri Akmal, Saad, Shahbudin, Muhammad Faiz, Mohd Hanapiah, Yusof, Muhammad Hamizan
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spelling my.iium.irep.798262020-06-25T07:41:42Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/79826/ Diversity and abundance of scleractinian corals in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia: a case study of Redang and Tioman Islands Khodzori, Fikri Akmal Saad, Shahbudin Muhammad Faiz, Mohd Hanapiah Yusof, Muhammad Hamizan GC Oceanography GE Environmental Sciences QE Geology QH Natural history The species lists of scleractinian hard corals in Peninsular Malaysia have not been updated for 15 years. The present study aimed to determine the diversity and abundance patterns of scleractinian hard corals at twenty eight fringing reef sites along the coast of Redang and Tioman Islands. Visual photograph analyses of the coral video transect method revealed a total of 128 species from 47 genera in Redang and 239 species from 55 genera in Tioman. Following recent taxonomy of scleractinian corals, coral surveys and past studies revealed a total of 166 species from 53 genera in Redang and 350 species from 67 genera in Tioman. Current data at both islands presented a total of 358 species from 69 genera and 15 families of scleractinian corals with an additional 8 new species records for the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Acropora, Montipora and Porites were the most dominant genera and were found distributed within the coral assemblages. The reefs around both islands can be categorized under “good” coral conditions with the live corals cover from 40.9% to 73.5%. Overall findings indicated that the less affected reef zones by coastal development and human activities at both islands have established good coral conditions and coral genera diversity. Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute 2019-09-01 Article NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/79826/1/79826_Diversity%20and%20Abundance%20of%20Scleractinian%20Corals_article.pdf application/pdf ar http://irep.iium.edu.my/79826/2/79826_Diversity%20and%20Abundance%20of%20Scleractinian%20Corals_scopus.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/79826/3/79826_Diversity%20and%20Abundance%20of%20Scleractinian%20Corals_wos.pdf Khodzori, Fikri Akmal and Saad, Shahbudin and Muhammad Faiz, Mohd Hanapiah and Yusof, Muhammad Hamizan (2019) Diversity and abundance of scleractinian corals in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia: a case study of Redang and Tioman Islands. Ocean Science Journal, 54 (3). pp. 435-456. ISSN 17385261 https://link-springer-com.ezproxy.um.edu.my/search?query=Diversity+and++abundance+of+scleractinian+corals+in+the+East+Coast+of+Peninsular+Malaysia%3A+a+case+study+of+Redang+and+Tioman+Islands 10.1007/s12601-019-0018-6
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topic GC Oceanography
GE Environmental Sciences
QE Geology
QH Natural history
spellingShingle GC Oceanography
GE Environmental Sciences
QE Geology
QH Natural history
Khodzori, Fikri Akmal
Saad, Shahbudin
Muhammad Faiz, Mohd Hanapiah
Yusof, Muhammad Hamizan
Diversity and abundance of scleractinian corals in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia: a case study of Redang and Tioman Islands
description The species lists of scleractinian hard corals in Peninsular Malaysia have not been updated for 15 years. The present study aimed to determine the diversity and abundance patterns of scleractinian hard corals at twenty eight fringing reef sites along the coast of Redang and Tioman Islands. Visual photograph analyses of the coral video transect method revealed a total of 128 species from 47 genera in Redang and 239 species from 55 genera in Tioman. Following recent taxonomy of scleractinian corals, coral surveys and past studies revealed a total of 166 species from 53 genera in Redang and 350 species from 67 genera in Tioman. Current data at both islands presented a total of 358 species from 69 genera and 15 families of scleractinian corals with an additional 8 new species records for the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Acropora, Montipora and Porites were the most dominant genera and were found distributed within the coral assemblages. The reefs around both islands can be categorized under “good” coral conditions with the live corals cover from 40.9% to 73.5%. Overall findings indicated that the less affected reef zones by coastal development and human activities at both islands have established good coral conditions and coral genera diversity.
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author Khodzori, Fikri Akmal
Saad, Shahbudin
Muhammad Faiz, Mohd Hanapiah
Yusof, Muhammad Hamizan
author_facet Khodzori, Fikri Akmal
Saad, Shahbudin
Muhammad Faiz, Mohd Hanapiah
Yusof, Muhammad Hamizan
author_sort Khodzori, Fikri Akmal
title Diversity and abundance of scleractinian corals in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia: a case study of Redang and Tioman Islands
title_short Diversity and abundance of scleractinian corals in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia: a case study of Redang and Tioman Islands
title_full Diversity and abundance of scleractinian corals in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia: a case study of Redang and Tioman Islands
title_fullStr Diversity and abundance of scleractinian corals in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia: a case study of Redang and Tioman Islands
title_full_unstemmed Diversity and abundance of scleractinian corals in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia: a case study of Redang and Tioman Islands
title_sort diversity and abundance of scleractinian corals in the east coast of peninsular malaysia: a case study of redang and tioman islands
publisher Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute
publishDate 2019
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/79826/1/79826_Diversity%20and%20Abundance%20of%20Scleractinian%20Corals_article.pdf
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