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Temperature, light, direction of currents and selected water quality parameters at coral reef sites within Talang-Satang MPS

Coral reefs around the world are being increasingly threatened by the increase in sea water temperature. Therefore Temperature / Light logger and G Acceleration Logger were deployed to record temperature, light intensity and direction of current flow every twenty minutes for eight months at west o...

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Main Author: Ng, Chiew Tyiin
Format: Final Year Project Report
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS 2012
Subjects:
GE Environmental Sciences
Q Science (General)
SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
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spelling my.unimas.ir.62752023-11-20T08:09:51Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6275/ Temperature, light, direction of currents and selected water quality parameters at coral reef sites within Talang-Satang MPS Ng, Chiew Tyiin GE Environmental Sciences Q Science (General) SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling Coral reefs around the world are being increasingly threatened by the increase in sea water temperature. Therefore Temperature / Light logger and G Acceleration Logger were deployed to record temperature, light intensity and direction of current flow every twenty minutes for eight months at west of Pulau Talang Talang Besar, Sarawak. Other selected water quality parameters were also recorded at four stations within Talang- Satang MPA. Three regimes, Regime A, Regime B and Regime C each corresponding to the Southwest monsoon (May to September), intermonsoon (September to November) and Northeast monsoon (November to March) was distinguished based on the tidal cycle and large changes in direction of current during intermonsoon. Temperature and light intensity were found to decrease as the monsoon changes from Southwest monsoon to Northeast monsoon. The direction of current was found to have the highest variability during intermonsoon and the velocity of current was higher during monsoon seasons, corresponding to the larger change in hydrodynamics of the water column. It was also found that there was a positive correlation between light intensity and temperature throughout the eight months. Temperatures as high as 31.3˚C were recorded during Southwest monsoon (July to September). High water temperatures from 30.8˚C to 31.3˚C were recorded for 23 days and change in 1.0˚C of water temperature in a day was recorded during Northeast monsoon (November to March). The overall water quality of Talang-Satang MPA was found to be suitable for healthy coral reefs and there was no significant change in water quality between the two surveys (July 2011 and April 2012). Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS 2012 Final Year Project Report NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6275/4/Ng%20Chiew%20Tyiin%20ft.pdf Ng, Chiew Tyiin (2012) Temperature, light, direction of currents and selected water quality parameters at coral reef sites within Talang-Satang MPS. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)
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topic GE Environmental Sciences
Q Science (General)
SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
spellingShingle GE Environmental Sciences
Q Science (General)
SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
Ng, Chiew Tyiin
Temperature, light, direction of currents and selected water quality parameters at coral reef sites within Talang-Satang MPS
description Coral reefs around the world are being increasingly threatened by the increase in sea water temperature. Therefore Temperature / Light logger and G Acceleration Logger were deployed to record temperature, light intensity and direction of current flow every twenty minutes for eight months at west of Pulau Talang Talang Besar, Sarawak. Other selected water quality parameters were also recorded at four stations within Talang- Satang MPA. Three regimes, Regime A, Regime B and Regime C each corresponding to the Southwest monsoon (May to September), intermonsoon (September to November) and Northeast monsoon (November to March) was distinguished based on the tidal cycle and large changes in direction of current during intermonsoon. Temperature and light intensity were found to decrease as the monsoon changes from Southwest monsoon to Northeast monsoon. The direction of current was found to have the highest variability during intermonsoon and the velocity of current was higher during monsoon seasons, corresponding to the larger change in hydrodynamics of the water column. It was also found that there was a positive correlation between light intensity and temperature throughout the eight months. Temperatures as high as 31.3˚C were recorded during Southwest monsoon (July to September). High water temperatures from 30.8˚C to 31.3˚C were recorded for 23 days and change in 1.0˚C of water temperature in a day was recorded during Northeast monsoon (November to March). The overall water quality of Talang-Satang MPA was found to be suitable for healthy coral reefs and there was no significant change in water quality between the two surveys (July 2011 and April 2012).
format Final Year Project Report
author Ng, Chiew Tyiin
author_facet Ng, Chiew Tyiin
author_sort Ng, Chiew Tyiin
title Temperature, light, direction of currents and selected water quality parameters at coral reef sites within Talang-Satang MPS
title_short Temperature, light, direction of currents and selected water quality parameters at coral reef sites within Talang-Satang MPS
title_full Temperature, light, direction of currents and selected water quality parameters at coral reef sites within Talang-Satang MPS
title_fullStr Temperature, light, direction of currents and selected water quality parameters at coral reef sites within Talang-Satang MPS
title_full_unstemmed Temperature, light, direction of currents and selected water quality parameters at coral reef sites within Talang-Satang MPS
title_sort temperature, light, direction of currents and selected water quality parameters at coral reef sites within talang-satang mps
publisher Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS
publishDate 2012
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6275/4/Ng%20Chiew%20Tyiin%20ft.pdf
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